Ayoub
Masculine
Ayoub is Job in Arabic — the man whose patience became proverbial — and the Hebrew behind it may mean 'where is my father?'
How old is the name Ayoub?
Ayoub first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Ayoub is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Ayoub are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ayoub most popular?
Ayoub peaked in 2025, reaching #2230 nationally. Today it ranks #2230, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Iyyov to Ayoub
The story of Ayoub
The book of Job asks why the innocent suffer and refuses to answer it; the Qur'an names Ayyub among the prophets and holds him up for patience. The Arabic sabr Ayyub, the patience of Job, is proverbial. Ayoub is the French-influenced spelling used across the Maghreb and is in current American use.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Through Ayyub, from the Hebrew Iyyov, whose meaning is genuinely disputed. Proposals include 'persecuted one' from a root meaning enmity, and an Amorite ayya-abum, 'where is the father?'. Neither is established. The name is documented; the meaning is not.
How the name formed
- Iyyov
- Ayyub
- Ayoub
Related forms: أيوب · Ayyub · Job
Pronouncing Ayoub
eye-OOB
Two syllables, stress on the second. The ou follows French spelling for the oo sound.
Nicknames for Ayoub
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1988
- Most boys named
- 202463 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2230reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%63 in 2025, from 63
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ayoub in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- أيوب in Arabic — transliteration
- Ayyub in English — spelling variant
- Job in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Illinois, California.
Ayoubs among us
people named Ayoub are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,112 born in 2025 was named Ayoub
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Naomi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ayoub's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Naomi climbed just as high around 1924, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Naomi's path sketches the road Ayoub is walking now.
Ayoub sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ayoub is headed
Ayoub should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ayoub beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ayoub in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The book of Job is a first-rate piece of writing standing behind it.
- The proverbial patience is a genuinely good association.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- The Hebrew meaning is genuinely disputed.
- Several transliterations are in circulation.
- The French ou spelling will confuse English speakers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ayoubs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Ayoub are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ayoub in 2025?
- Ayoub ranks #2230 among US boy names in 2025, with 63 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ayoub?
- About 1 in every 27,112 US boys born in 2025 was named Ayoub — 63 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ayoub with classmates?
- Ayoub will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ayoub
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