Rehaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-HAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Rehaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sweet basil”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Rehaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rehan; South Asian spelling of Rayhan
“sweet basil”
Arabic rayhan means sweet basil or any fragrant plant, and the word appears in the Quran.
Meaning borrowed from Rehan.
Is Rehaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rehaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rehaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Rehaan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 68 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Rehaan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Rehaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Rehaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Rehan 27
- Rehaan 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Rehaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,005 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 39 | #849 |
| 2010 | 47 | #727 |
| 2009 | 46 | #725 |
| 2008 | 55 | #633 |
| 2007 | 68 | #530 |
| 2006 | 36 | #784 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Rehaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Rehaan, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Rehaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Rehaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Rehan 39
- Rehaan 10
Rehaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Rehaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rayyan, Zayan, Zayaan, Azaan, Muhammad, Hamza, Musa, Arham, Zayd, Yahya, Ahmed, Abdullah
Other spellings of Rehaan
Names related to Rehaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Rehaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rehaan, updated 20 October 2026.