Ehsan
Ehsan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Persian, Urdu.
- Persian
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Ehsan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ehsan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Persian, Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian
- Urdu
The Story of Ehsan
Ehsan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1977, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 39 births, good for #3,118 nationwide. About 33% of every Ehsan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ehsan ranks #3,118 for baby boys with 39 births, rising sharply (+80% over the past five years). All told, over 585 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ehsan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ehsan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Ehsan
Ehsan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 585 births in the dataset. Ehsan's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #3,118. Use the chart and map above to compare Ehsan'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.