Ihsan
Ihsan is an Arabic masculine given name.
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Indonesian
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Ihsan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ihsan is an Arabic masculine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Indonesian
- Turkish
The Story of Ihsan
As a girl name
American parents first put Ihsan on the record books as a girl name in 2016, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 9 Ihsans were born — ranking #10,287 that year. About 53% of every Ihsan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ihsan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ihsan on the record books as a boy name in 1974, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 37 Ihsans were born — ranking #3,226 that year. About 35% of every Ihsan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ihsan ranks #3,437 for boys with 34 births, rising sharply (+40% over the past five years). All told, over 679 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ihsan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ihsan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ihsan
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About the name Ihsan
Ihsan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 679 births in the dataset. Ihsan's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #3,226. Use the chart and map above to compare Ihsan'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 .
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