Thirty years of Ayan
Ayan in numbers
Ayan has climbed from 3 boys in 1996 to 255 in 2025, close to its peak of 267 in 2022. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2019 and 2022, from 160 to 267.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+2%251 to 255
- 5 years+26%203 to 255
- 10 years+134%109 to 255
- 20 years+3,088%8 to 255
- Since 1996×853 to 255
- Total, 1996 to 20252,677boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 201 · ONS · 251 in 2024
Rank 243 · NRS · 9 in 2024
Fewer than 3 babies, or not published · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =201 | 255 | +2% | 1 in 1,179 |
| 2024 | 200 | 251 | +4% | 1 in 1,215 |
| 2023 | 203 | 242 | -9% | 1 in 1,252 |
| 2022 | =193 | 267 | +23% | 1 in 1,163 |
| 2021 | 232 | 217 | +7% | 1 in 1,475 |
| 2020 | =235 | 203 | +27% | 1 in 1,549 |
| 2019 | 306 | 160 | +18% | 1 in 2,057 |
| 2018 | =337 | 136 | +9% | 1 in 2,482 |
| 2017 | =368 | 125 | +0% | 1 in 2,785 |
| 2016 * | 372 | 125 | +15% | 1 in 2,849 |
| 2015 | =390 | 109 | +28% | 1 in 3,286 |
| 2014 | =463 | 85 | +16% | 1 in 4,197 |
| 2013 | =508 | 73 | -21% | 1 in 4,909 |
| 2012 | =429 | 92 | +39% | 1 in 4,069 |
| 2011 | =528 | 66 | +14% | 1 in 5,621 |
| 2010 | =584 | 58 | -5% | 1 in 6,396 |
| 2009 | =552 | 61 | +5% | 1 in 5,936 |
| 2008 | =567 | 58 | +81% | 1 in 6,258 |
| 2007 | =820 | 32 | +23% | 1 in 11,077 |
| 2006 | =914 | 26 | +225% | 1 in 13,170 |
| 2005 | =1,991 | 8 | -20% | 1 in 41,322 |
| 2004 | =1,596 | 10 | 1 in 32,833 | |
| 2003 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2002 | =2,254 | 5 | +0% | 1 in 61,209 |
| 2001 | =2,220 | 5 | 1 in 60,923 | |
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | =2,074 | 5 | 1 in 65,179 | |
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | =2,863 | 3 | 1 in 111,160 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate