Subhaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sub-HAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Subhaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “glory, praise”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Subhaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Subhan
“glory, praise”
From the phrase Subhan Allah, glory be to God, said in praise in everyday Muslim life.
Is Subhaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Subhaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Subhaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Subhaan, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 76 boys.
Half of all the boys named Subhaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 43 boys in the UK were given Subhaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #748, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Subhan 34
- Subhaan 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Subhaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 45 | #784 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 47 | #745 |
| 2010 | 42 | #786 |
| 2009 | 50 | #698 |
| 2008 | 76 | #512 |
| 2007 | 55 | #612 |
| 2006 | 42 | #712 |
| 2005 | 46 | #632 |
| 2004 | 38 | #696 |
| 2003 | 39 | #636 |
| 2002 | 34 | #642 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
Names like Subhaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shaan Vivaan Vihaan Ishaan Shivam Armaan Yuvraj Siddharth Shay Nirvaan Rajveer Aarav
Other spellings of Subhaan
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Subhaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/subhaan, updated 20 October 2026.