Aslan
Aslan is a Turkish surname and given name literally meaning "lion". Variants: Arslan, Arsalan. Notable people with the surname include:
- Turkish
- Kazakh
- Azerbaijani
- Chechen
Meaning & Origin of Aslan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aslan is a Turkish surname and given name literally meaning "lion". Variants: Arslan, Arsalan. Notable people with the surname include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
- Kazakh
- Azerbaijani
- Chechen
- Ossetian
- Circassian
- Literature
The Story of Aslan
Aslan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 239 births, good for #951 nationwide. About 60% of every Aslan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aslan ranks #951 for baby boys with 239 births, rising sharply (+175% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Aslan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aslan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Aslan
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About the name Aslan
Aslan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Aslan's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #951. Use the chart and map above to compare Aslan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.