Tahsin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tah-SEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Tahsin is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “improvement, beautifying”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Tahsin mean?
Arabic: Arabic tahsin, also used in Turkey
“improvement, beautifying”
Also spelled Tahseen; Turkish families borrowed the name from Arabic.
Is Tahsin a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahsin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tahsin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tahsin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1999, 79% of the babies named Tahsin in the UK were girls. By 2012 it was 40%, with more boys than girls since 2010.
Tahsin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Tahsin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Tahsin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Tahsin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tahsin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Tahsin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Hamza Musa Rayyan Abdullah Ahmed Azaan Zayd Umar Mustafa
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Tahsin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahsin, updated 20 October 2026.