Jahan

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Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys

Meaning

Jahan is a word of Persian origin meaning "world" or "universe". It is used as a gender neutral first name or surname in the Middle East, Central and South Asia. The Turkish rendering of the same name is Cihan.

From Wikipedia

Jahan first appears in the data in 1971 and has been recorded in 50 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2018 with 42 babies (rank #2,857 that year). In 2024 it was given to 37 boys (rank #3,235). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Jahan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jahan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

828
Total babies (all years)
50
Years in the data
42
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19715#5,246
19725#5,294
19746#4,883
197810#3,701
197910#3,922
19806#5,832
198111#3,707
19828#4,774
198311#3,728
198412#3,551
19858#4,879
198611#3,981
19878#5,155
198810#4,574
198912#4,381
19908#6,069
19919#5,693
199218#3,518
199310#5,520
199410#5,631
199512#4,924
199611#5,328
19975#9,866
199811#5,619
199910#6,224
200016#4,668
200114#5,238
200222#3,846
200315#5,132
200410#7,196
200516#5,133
200616#5,399
200719#4,881
200814#6,207
200924#4,209
201013#6,502
201121#4,566
201220#4,770
201325#4,003
201419#4,951
20158#9,083
201622#4,527
201732#3,480
201842#2,857
201927#3,942
202027#3,861
202130#3,682
202232#3,561
202332#3,585
202437#3,235