Ihsaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-SAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Ihsaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “excellence, doing good”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Ihsaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ihsan
“excellence, doing good”
In Islam, ihsan means worshipping God as though you see Him, the highest level of faith.
Is Ihsaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ihsaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ihsaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Ihsaan, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ihsaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Ihsaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Ihsan 17
- Ihsaan 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Ihsaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Ihsaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Zayaan, Zayan, Abdullah, Azaan, Musa, Ibrahim, Mustafa, Rayyan, Zayd, Zayyan
Other spellings of Ihsaan
Names related to Ihsaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ihsaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ihsaan, updated 20 October 2026.