Shahin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shah-HEEN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Shahin is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “falcon”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Shahin mean?
Persian
“falcon”
The Persian word for the peregrine falcon, also used as a name in Turkish (Şahin) and Urdu.
Is Shahin a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Shahin, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Shahin of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Shahin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Shahin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Shahin, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Shahin in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shahin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
Names like Shahin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Musa Shayan Umar Amir Syed Hassan Usman Abdullah Mustafa
Names related to Shahin
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, “Shahin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahin, updated 20 October 2026.