Altan
Boy · al-TAHN · Turkish
Altan is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “red dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Altan mean?
Turkish: Turkish al 'red' + tan 'dawn'
“red dawn”
In Mongolian altan means 'golden', as in Altan Khan, the 16th-century Mongol ruler.
- Say it
- al-TAHN
Is Altan a girl's or a boy's name?
Altan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Altan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
Altan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Altan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Altan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Altan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Altan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
Names like Altan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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