Orhan

What Orhan means

Turkish, meaning “administrator of a city”

a male given name meaning “administrator of a city”

Source: Wiktionary, “Orhan” (revision 83103648), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Orhan?

US: Rising: up from #7491 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 92 boys got the name (#1753 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 18,566 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,229 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.2 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.19 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.15 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Orhan is #1753 in the US and #348 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Orhan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Arhaan47 US · 37 E&W
• Arhan38 US · 13 E&W
• Orhaan8 US · 11 E&W
• Erhan0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Orhan

Boys

• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*

For a sister

• Ayla#77Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 6 babies
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Alina#130Editor’s note Up from #173 in 2015 to #130 in 2025 in the US
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Shiloh#281Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #605 in 2015, #281 in 2025
• Aylani#293Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,595 in 2015, #293 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Orhan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.