Alihan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-lee-HAHN
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Alihan is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “exalted + ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Alihan mean?
Turkish: Turkish and Central Asian compound of Arabic Ali and Turkic han 'khan'
“exalted + ruler”
Joins Ali, the name of the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law, with han, the Turkish form of khan.
Is Alihan a girl's or a boy's name?
Alihan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alihan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Alihan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Alihan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
How popular is Alihan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Alihan, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2018.
2025 had the most boys named Alihan of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Alihan in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alihan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
Nicknames for Alihan
- Ali 539 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alihan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Musa Mustafa Amir Abdulrahman Zayaan Ibrahim Zayd Abdurrahman Huzaifa Zayan
Names related to Alihan
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz
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, “Alihan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alihan, updated 20 October 2026.