Ahaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-HAAN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,257 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,621 for boys
Ahaan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “day; dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 1,621st for boys in the US (104 babies).
What does Ahaan mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit ahan
“day; dawn”
Is Ahaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the UK and 104 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,257among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Ahaan, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Ahaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Ahaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were given Ahaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #931, up from #1,257 for this spelling alone.
- Ahaan 24
- Ahan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales.
Ahaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Ahaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,621among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 104 boys in the US were named Ahaan, making it the 1,621st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. It first appears in the records in 2004.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ahaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Ahaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 boys in the US were given Ahaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,299, up from #1,621 for this spelling alone.
- Ahaan 104
- Ahan 15
- Aahaan 7
Ahaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,135 |
| 2021 | 91 | #1,763 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 76 | #1,937 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,032 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
Names like Ahaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azaan Zayaan Musa Zayan Arham Ayaan Muhammad Rayyan Arhaan Ayyub Zayd Abdullah
Other spellings of Ahaan
Names related to Ahaan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Ahaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahaan, updated 20 October 2026.