Ashan
Boy · AH-shan
Ashan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Ashan come from?
Used in Sri Lanka and South Asia; root uncertain
- Say it
- AH-shan
Is Ashan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ashan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Ashan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Ashan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Ashan, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most boys named Ashan of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Ashan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Ashan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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