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Jihan

#13,961 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Persian origin

Jihan has been given to 740 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #13,961 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1982, with 59 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Jihan, 2025

1 in 553,000

Jihan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jihan over time

In 2025, Jihan went to 32% girls and 68% boys.

19762025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jihan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Persian origin

Persian

What Jihan means

Jihan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jihan is used in Malay. Its origins include Persian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Malay, Jihan is pronounced [d͡ʒi.han].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 613 girls were recorded with the name Jihan between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 1982; its best national rank was #1,838 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,733 in 2020 to #13,961 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,670 in 2015 to #13,961 in 2025.

In the United States, 127 boys were recorded with the name Jihan between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2025; its best national rank was #6,624 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,088 in 2020 to #6,624 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,971 in 2015 to #6,624 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jihan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,961
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jihan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jihan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jihans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jihan was born before 1988 — so the typical Jihan is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
48.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
613
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 48.9% of all recorded uses (300).

Is Jihan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,322
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,228
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,709
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.2%
Peak was 1982 (59)
Years since peak
43
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,838
1982

Spellings of Jihan

Jihan is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 44.8% against Jihan's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jihan is used

Across 1910–2025, Jihan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 582,400 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Minnesota1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jihan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jihan around the world

Where Jihan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • France
    1977–2024
    #4,046
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2021–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1978–2010
    #521
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jihan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,961
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,228
Best rank ever
#1,838
1982
Peak year
1982
59 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
613
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,624
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,464
Best rank ever
#6,624
2025
Peak year
2025
13 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
127
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Jihan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jihan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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