Sahan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-HAHN
- Origin
- Turkish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Sahan is a boys' name of Turkish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
Where does Sahan come from?
Turkish: Turkish Şahan, perhaps related to Persian shah 'king'
Is Sahan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 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, 14 boys in the US were named Sahan, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had the most boys named Sahan of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Sahan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sahan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Sahan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Musa Zahir Yazan Ayaan Zamir Hamza Salem Zayd Rayyan Khaza Samir
Names related to Sahan
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sahan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahan, updated 20 October 2026.