Ilhan
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- il-HAHN
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Unisex
Ilhan is a name of Turkish origin, meaning “ruler of the land”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Ilhan mean?
Turkish: Turkish il, land, + han, khan
“ruler of the land”
Is Ilhan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ilhan has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 15 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Ilhan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Ilhan, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. 6 girls were also named Ilhan in 2025 (3,776th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Ilhan of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Ilhan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Ilhan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Ilhan 15
- Ilhaan 3
In 2025, 29% of the babies named Ilhan in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Ilhan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Ilhan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Ilhan, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997. 9 boys were also named Ilhan in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ilhan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 73% of the babies named Ilhan in the US were girls.
Ilhan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Ilhan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zayaan Zayan Muhammad Hamza Ibrahim Rayyan Zayd Azaan Yazan Umar Zayyan
Other spellings of Ilhan
Ilhaan
Names related to Ilhan
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz
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, “Ilhan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilhan, updated 20 October 2026.