# Aslan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aslan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,810 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,720 / 90 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 387, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 13,958 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,224 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,719 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,371 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,821 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,198 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,531 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,810 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,728 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,062 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,358 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,539 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,484 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,550 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 2,857 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,184 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,004 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,809 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,867 |
| 2016 | 49 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 61 | 2,190 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,031 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,233 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,001 |
| 2021 | 94 | 1,725 |
| 2022 | 138 | 1,353 |
| 2023 | 175 | 1,172 |
| 2024 | 210 | 1,050 |
| 2025 | 280 | 860 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 38 | 825 |
| 2023 | 47 | 719 |
| 2024 | 76 | 514 |
| 2025 | 62 | 611 |

## People named Aslan

- Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen warlord and politician
- Aslan Bzhania, Abkhaz politician
- Aslan Abashidze, Georgian politician, former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic
- Aslan Kerimov, association football player from Azerbaijan
- Aslan Dzharimov, 1st President of the Republic of Adygea
- Aslan bey Safikurdski, Azerbaijani politician
- Aslan Byutukayev, Chechen insurgent commander (1974–2021)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.