Fun Facts About the Name Kaihan
- 113 babies named Kaihan: U.S. records list 113 babies given the name Kaihan from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kaihan Mean?
Kaihan is most commonly a Latin-alphabet spelling of the Persian name Kayhan (کیهان), the everyday Persian word for the universe or cosmos. The word goes back to Middle Persian gēhān, "the world," which is related to Avestan gaēθā, a term for a living being or for one's life and property. The older sense is closer to "the world of living things" than to outer space, and the modern cosmic meaning is the sense the word carries in Persian today.
In Turkish, Kayhan is also an established masculine given name, sometimes explained as a compound of kay and han ("lord," "khan"). That derivation is not securely documented, and the Turkish name may be unrelated to the Persian word despite the identical spelling.
Kaihan Name History & Origins
Middle Persian gēhān is the form found in Pahlavi and Zoroastrian texts, where it refers to the world or to created existence. It developed into New Persian کیهان, read as keyhān or kayhān. Because Persian long vowels can be rendered in Latin letters in more than one way, the same name appears in English as Kayhan, Keihan, and Kaihan; Kaihan follows the common English habit of writing the first syllable as kai.
As a personal name, Kayhan and its spellings have been used in Iran and, through Persian cultural influence, among Urdu-speaking and other South Asian Muslim families in Pakistan and India. In Turkey, Kayhan is a separate masculine name with its own, less certain background.
The word also names the Tehran newspaper Kayhan, founded in 1942, which took its title from the Persian word rather than from a person of that name.
How Popular is the Name Kaihan?
Kaihan has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #4,790 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,790 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #8,623 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,977 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #5,998 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #7,857 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,790 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #10,272 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #6,910 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #10,221 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #11,414 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,704 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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