Kaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAHN
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Kaan is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “ruler, sovereign”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Kaan mean?
Turkish: from kağan, title of a supreme ruler
“ruler, sovereign”
Turkish name from the old title kağan (khagan), used for the supreme rulers of Turkic and Mongol peoples.
Is Kaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Kaan, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 40 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Kaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,003 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 35 | #882 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 35 | #843 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 26 | #862 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 20 | #797 |
How popular is Kaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Kaan, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had more boys named Kaan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Kaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Kaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
- Kaan 35
- Can 11
- Cin 6
Kaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Kaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan Aarav Krish Krishiv Veer Dhruv Vivaan Ivaan Ishaan Shiv Nirvaan Yuvraj
Other spellings of Kaan
Names related to Kaan
Kiaan Kane Keyaan Kiyaan Kayan Kaiyan Kayaan Kanan Kain Kanai Kani
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, “Kaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaan, updated 20 October 2026.