Zeeshan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zee-SHAHN
- Origin
- Urdu
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Zeeshan is a boys' name of Urdu origin, meaning “dignified, of high status”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Zeeshan mean?
Urdu: Urdu compound of Arabic and Persian elements
“dignified, of high status”
Used mainly in Pakistan and India; it combines zi, possessing, with shan, dignity or glory.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zeeshan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeeshan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeeshan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Zeeshan, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 71 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Zeeshan since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Zeeshan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Zeeshan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 37 | #906 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 56 | #664 |
| 2012 | 49 | #741 |
| 2011 | 54 | #683 |
| 2010 | 56 | #646 |
| 2009 | 56 | #643 |
| 2008 | 63 | #584 |
| 2007 | 71 | #516 |
| 2006 | 36 | #784 |
| 2005 | 51 | #576 |
| 2004 | 44 | #626 |
| 2003 | 47 | #556 |
| 2002 | 48 | #505 |
| 2001 | 53 | #454 |
| 2000 | 44 | #510 |
| 1999 | 42 | #531 |
| 1998 | 36 | #569 |
| 1997 | 39 | #525 |
| 1996 | 38 | #506 |
How popular is Zeeshan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Zeeshan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer boys named Zeeshan than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Zeeshan in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeeshan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Zeeshan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Musa, Hassan, Zayaan, Zayan, Abdullah, Faizan, Zayd, Abdulrahman, Ibrahim
Names related to Zeeshan
More Urdu names
Meerab, Shahzain, Saira, Zohran, Laiba, Sehrish, Maheen, Aafia, Shazain, Sairah, Laibah, Laaiba, Laaibah
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, “Zeeshan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeeshan, updated 20 October 2026.