Kayhan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kay-HAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Kayhan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “the world, the universe”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Kayhan mean?
Persian: Persian Keyhan, also used in Turkey
“the world, the universe”
A Persian word for the cosmos, used as a given name in both Iran and Turkey.
Is Kayhan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayhan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayhan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Kayhan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kayhan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Kayhan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Kayhan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 210% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Kayhan, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Kayhan of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Kayhan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayhan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Names like Kayhan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Zayaan Musa Rayyan Kayden Lochlan Ayaan Zohan Muhammad Ronan Orhan Arham
Names related to Kayhan
Kayan Kaiyan Kaan Kayaan Kayne Kayen Kaihan Kayn Kaynan Kayin
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Kayhan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayhan, updated 20 October 2026.