Vahan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vah-HAHN
Vahan is a boys' name, meaning “shield”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Vahan mean?
Armenian, from vahan 'shield'
“shield”
Vahan Mamikonian led an Armenian revolt against Sasanian Persia and became governor of Armenia in the late 5th century.
Is Vahan a girl's or a boy's name?
Vahan is a boys' name.
How popular is Vahan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Vahan in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vahan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Vahan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan, Avyaan, Vivaan, Aarav, Viraj, Veer, Krishiv, Shivansh, Ivaan, Atharv, Advik, Vedansh
Names related to Vahan
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, “Vahan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vahan, updated 20 October 2026.