Ayaan is a moderately popular boys' name in England & Wales, ranking #115 in 2013 with 523 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2014 with 586 births ranking #104. In 2013, approximately 1 in every 638 boys born was named Ayaan. RISING Recent data shows the name is currently rising.
Ayaan is not one simple globally uniform name. Behind the Name treats it as separate Hindi and Somali entries, so the most accurate editorial approach is to present it as multi-origin rather than over-claim one meaning.
The name's modern international popularity makes it look like a single contemporary style name, but live source evidence shows it has more than one established cultural route. That explains why published meanings vary.