Besan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bee-SAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Besan is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Besan come from?
Arabic: probably Arabic Bisan, the historic town of Beisan (Beit She'an)
Is Besan a girl's or a boy's name?
Besan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Besan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Besan, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Besan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Besan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
Names like Besan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layan Oaklynn Razan Lakelynn Safa Sevyn Salem Sariyah Sama Baylor Lennon Amoura
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from 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, “Besan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/besan, updated 20 October 2026.