Zahan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zah-HAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Zahan is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Zahan come from?
Persian: probably a variant of Jahan, a spelling common in Bangladesh
Is Zahan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zahan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zahan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Zahan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Zahan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Zahan in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zahan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
Names like Zahan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Musa, Zayd, Zayan, Zayyan, Hamza, Amir, Umar, Ziyad, Yazan, Mustafa
Names related to Zahan
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, “Zahan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahan, updated 20 October 2026.