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Ayub

Masculine · “persecuted”

1996high 2018
#1852 in the U.S.holding its place on the charts
stable85 boys in 2025

Ayub is Job in Arabic — a prophet in the Quran as in the Bible, and the byword for enduring what cannot be explained.

How old is the name Ayub?

Ayub first appears in US birth records in 1996 — 29 years ago. The typical Ayub is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,600 people named Ayub are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ayub most popular?

Ayub peaked in 2018, reaching #1679 nationally. Today it ranks #1852, 173 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Ayub

Job loses everything and argues with God about it across forty chapters — one of the oldest and strangest books in the Hebrew Bible. The Quran names Ayyub as a prophet whose endurance is rewarded. The name is used across the Muslim world, and South Asian and African emigration brought it to America, where it is in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

persecuted, one who returns

Through the Hebrew Iyyov, whose meaning is genuinely unsettled — proposals include 'persecuted', 'hated', and a root about returning or repenting. Arabic took it as Ayyub. The Quran names him among the prophets and praises his patience. Nothing about the etymology is established.

How the name formed

  1. Iyyov
  2. Ayyub
  3. Ayub

Related forms: أيوب · Ayyub · Job · Eyüp

Pronouncing Ayub

ah-YOOB

Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic Ayyub holds the double y longer than English does.

Nicknames for Ayub

Moderate

AyuThe front of the name, used inside families rather than generally
JobThe English equivalent, and a name in its own right with a long record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1996–202594470948519962025

US babies named Ayub per year from 1996 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#16791990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1996
Most boys named
201894 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1679reached in 2018
Change vs 2024
+26.9%85 in 2025, from 67
Ayub is holding steady. Its biggest year was 2018 (94 boys), and the last five years have moved the rank very little — the calm middle of the cycle, where names age slowly. The move since 2024: up 26.9%.

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.

Ayub in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • أيوب in Arabic — transliteration
  • Ayyub in English — spelling variant
  • Job in English — related form
  • Eyüp in Turkish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, Ohio, New York.

Ayubs among us

1,600

people named Ayub are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 20,095 born in 2025 was named Ayub

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Ayub

#1852
Ayub on the 2025 chart
#798
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ayub went to 85 boys in 2025, but Ayyub is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 130, which makes it the 798th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,054 places above the chart.

  • Ayub85
  • Ayyub45

About 1 boy in 13,139 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,095 for Ayub itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Rashaud test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ayub's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rashaud climbed just as high around 1993, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rashaud's path sketches the road Ayub is walking now.

40%chance Ayub will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Ayub, aligned on its peakRashaud· peak 1993not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+30 yrsRashaud · #7208Ayub today
Ayub today is about where Rashaud stood in 2000 — 7 years past a #1680-sized peak. By 2015, Rashaud had settled around #4395.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ayub 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 Ayub is headed

19962030

US babies named Ayub per year, 1996 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ayub should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-1% by 2030projected around #1,959 in 2030

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.

Ayub beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Ayub in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Ayubthis name85#1852Aston85#1852Loki85#1852Sammy85#1852Kyrin85#1852

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • One of the most philosophically serious books of the Bible belongs to him.
  • The same figure is a prophet in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.
  • It is used across Arabic, Turkish, Urdu and Malay naming.
What to consider
  • The meaning is genuinely unsettled, and honest sources say so.
  • The story attached to it is one of catastrophic loss.
  • Ayyub and Eyüp are both established forms.

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Frequently asked

How many Ayubs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Ayub are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ayub?
Ayub is the most-used spelling in US records — 85 of the 130 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ayyub.
How popular is the name Ayub in 2025?
Ayub ranks #1852 among US boy names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ayub?
About 1 in every 20,095 US boys born in 2025 was named Ayub — 85 in all.
Will my child share the name Ayub with classmates?
Ayub will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Ayub

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Aston#1852 · Loki#1852 · Sammy#1852 · Kyrin#1852 · Reggie#1852 · Richie#1852 · Riyan#1852 · Orin#1852

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