Aahan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AA-han
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Aahan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “day; dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Aahan mean?
Sanskrit
“day; dawn”
Usually linked to Sanskrit ahan, 'day', and often explained as the first light of morning.
Is Aahan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aahan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aahan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aahan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aahan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Aahan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Aahan, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had fewer boys named Aahan than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Aahan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aahan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Aahan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan Arham Musa Zayaan Zayan Aarav Arjan Azaan Yahya Muhammad Rayyan Avyaan
Names related to Aahan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Vihaan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh Veer
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aahan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aahan, updated 20 October 2026.