Kaihan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kye-HAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Kaihan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “the world, the universe”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Kaihan mean?
Persian: spelling of Keyhan
“the world, the universe”
Is Kaihan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaihan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaihan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Kaihan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Kaihan of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Kaihan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Kaihan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Kaihan, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had the most boys named Kaihan of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Kaihan in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaihan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
Nicknames for Kaihan
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaihan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan Zayan Lochlan Zayaan Ronan Kayden Kiyan Orhan Zohan Musa Rayyan Rowan
Names related to Kaihan
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman Armaan
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, “Kaihan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaihan, updated 20 October 2026.