Ehsan
Boy · eh-SAHN · Arabic
Ehsan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “excellence, doing good”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Ehsan mean?
Arabic: Persian and Urdu spelling of Arabic Ihsan
“excellence, doing good”
Ihsan, worshipping with excellence, is one of the three dimensions of faith described in the Hadith of Gabriel.
- Say it
- eh-SAHN
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Is Ehsan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ehsan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ehsan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Ehsan, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 41 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ehsan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ehsan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Ehsan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Ehsan 19
- Ehsaan 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Ehsan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,005 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 38 | #889 |
| 2011 | 36 | #892 |
| 2010 | 39 | #837 |
| 2009 | 36 | #864 |
| 2008 | 41 | #780 |
| 2007 | 31 | #920 |
| 2006 | 32 | #864 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 32 | #782 |
| 2003 | 37 | #660 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Ehsan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Ehsan, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Ehsan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ehsan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Ehsan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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