Jahan
Boy · Persian
Jahan is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Jahan mean?
Persian
A transliteration of the Persian unisex given name جهان (jahân).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jahan a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 42 boys in the US.
How popular is Jahan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jahan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys. 3 girls were also named Jahan in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jahan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jahan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Jahan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Jahan, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971. 7 girls were also named Jahan in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Jahan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Jahan in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were given Jahan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,923, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
- Jahan 42
- Jahaan 21
Jahan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Jahan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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