Ahsan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-san
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,718 for boys
Ahsan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “best, most excellent”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Ahsan mean?
Arabic: elative of hasan, 'good'
“best, most excellent”
From the same Arabic root as Hasan, Hussain and Ihsan.
Is Ahsan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahsan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahsan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Ahsan, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 27 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ahsan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Ahsan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Ahsan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
- Ahsan 16
- Asen 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Ahsan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 24 | #900 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 27 | #728 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 26 | #690 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Ahsan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Ahsan, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Ahsan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahsan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,289 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
Names like Ahsan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Ahmed Muhammad Abdullah Abdulrahman Azaan Hassan Zayaan Zayan Abdurrahman Musa Faizan
Other spellings of Ahsan
Asen
Names related to Ahsan
Ehsan Ihsan Eashan Ashan Asani Asaan Asan Asahn Asaun Ashaun
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Ahsan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahsan, updated 20 October 2026.