Arshaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ar-SHAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Arshaan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “man, hero”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Arshaan mean?
Persian: spelling of Arshan; from Old Persian arshan
“man, hero”
Meaning borrowed from Arshan.
Is Arshaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Arshaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arshaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Arshaan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 6 boys.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Arshaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Arshan 7
- Arshaan 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Arshaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Arshaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 boys in the US were named Arshaan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2005.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Arshaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Arshaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arshaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Names like Arshaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avyaan Vihaan Ivaan Vivaan Shivansh Aviraj Advik Krishiv Aveer Arjan Nirvaan
Other spellings of Arshaan
Names related to Arshaan
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Arshaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arshaan, updated 20 October 2026.