# Vahan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vahan/  
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 | 211 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 211 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Armenian Վահան (Vahan).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 14,129 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12,189 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,686 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,654 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,736 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,912 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12,075 |
| 2017 | 6 | 12,139 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,958 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,733 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,925 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,216 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,728 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,226 |

## People named Vahan

- Raymond Vahan Damadian, American scientist and inventor (1936–2022)
- Vahan Bichakhchyan, association football player
- Vahan Terian, Armenian poet (1885–1920)
- Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet (1878–1945)
- Vahan I Mamikonian, Armenian rebel
- Vahan Malezyan, Armenian writer and poet (1871–1966)
- Vahan Papazian, Armenian politician

## 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.