Ghassan
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Ghassan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Ghassan mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ghassan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ghassan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ghassan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Ghassan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Ghassan of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Ghassan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
How popular is Ghassan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Ghassan, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Ghassan in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ghassan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Ghassan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayan, Zayaan, Hamza, Ahmed, Abdullah, Umar, Rayyan, Zayd, Mustafa, Yazan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Ghassan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ghassan, updated 20 October 2026.