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Ahan

Boy · a-HAAN · Sanskrit

Ahan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “day; dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

What does Ahan mean?

Sanskrit: spelling of Ahaan; from Sanskrit ahan

“day; dawn”

Say it
a-HAAN

Meaning borrowed from Ahaan.

Is Ahan a girl's or a boy's name?

Ahan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ahan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,021among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ahan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.

Half of all the boys named Ahan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were given Ahan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #931, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 8 in 20222025
Ahan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
20246#3,335
20236#3,279
20228#2,678
20214#4,188
20204#4,025
20195#3,597
20185#3,596
20176#3,191
20160–
20154#4,086
20140–
20130–
20125#3,572
20113#4,837
20103#4,865
20090–
20080–
20074#3,748
20060–
20053#3,992
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19981#3,884

How popular is Ahan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,859among boys
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 60% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Ahan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.

Half of all the boys named Ahan in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 126 boys in the US were given Ahan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,299, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.

2005Busiest: 39 in 20232025
Ahan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#5,859
202423#4,430
202339#3,115
202215#5,870
202118#5,105
202012#6,616
201915#5,808
201821#4,606
20176#10,770
201613#6,344
201515#5,742
201417#5,248
201313#6,236
201221#4,530
201117#5,196
201017#5,248
200911#7,231
200816#5,482
20079#8,169
200614#5,777
20058#8,292

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