Ihsan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-SAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Ihsan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “excellence, doing good”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Ihsan mean?
Arabic: also used in Turkish
“excellence, doing good”
In Islam, ihsan is the highest level of faith: worshipping God as though you see Him.
Is Ihsan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ihsan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 43 boys in the US.
How popular is Ihsan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Ihsan, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 34 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ihsan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. 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 Ihsan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
- Ihsan 17
- Ihsaan 9
In 2024, 17% of the babies named Ihsan in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Ihsan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,070 |
| 2011 | 34 | #929 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 33 | #919 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Ihsan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Ihsan, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. It first appears in the records in 1974. 9 girls were also named Ihsan in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Ihsan of any year since it first appeared, in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Ihsan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17% of the babies named Ihsan in the US were girls.
Ihsan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
Names like Ihsan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayan Zayaan Musa Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Rayyan Zayd Ibrahim Azaan Umar
Other spellings of Ihsan
Names related to Ihsan
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, “Ihsan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ihsan, updated 20 October 2026.