Shahan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sha-HAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Shahan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “kings, kingly”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Shahan mean?
Persian: from shah 'king'
“kings, kingly”
From Persian shah, 'king'; shahan is its plural, as in shahanshah, 'king of kings'. It is also an Armenian name.
Is Shahan a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,613th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 104% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Shahan, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shahan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Shahan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shahan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 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, 16 boys in the US were named Shahan, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had more boys named Shahan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Shahan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shahan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Shahan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan, Musa, Yahya, Muhammad, Zayan, Rayyan, Zayaan, Hamza, Shayan, Arham, Arjan, Sulaiman
Names related to Shahan
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, “Shahan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahan, updated 20 October 2026.