Raihan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-HAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Raihan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sweet basil, fragrant herb”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Raihan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rayhan
“sweet basil, fragrant herb”
Rayhan, a fragrant plant often identified with sweet basil, is mentioned in the Quran.
Is Raihan a girl's or a boy's name?
Raihan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raihan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Raihan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 64 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Raihan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Raihan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Raihan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 43 | #811 |
| 2012 | 53 | #701 |
| 2011 | 54 | #683 |
| 2010 | 64 | #596 |
| 2009 | 58 | #622 |
| 2008 | 60 | #602 |
| 2007 | 50 | #648 |
| 2006 | 32 | #864 |
| 2005 | 30 | #853 |
| 2004 | 31 | #796 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Raihan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Raihan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Raihan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raihan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Raihan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rayyan, Zayan, Zayaan, Muhammad, Hamza, Azaan, Musa, Faizan, Ahmed, Yazan, Zayd, Abdullah
Other spellings of Raihan
Names related to Raihan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Raihan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raihan, updated 20 October 2026.