Subhan
Masculine · “glory”
Subhan is glory in Arabic — the word in subhan Allah, the phrase said in wonder at anything remarkable.
How old is the name Subhan?
Subhan first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Subhan is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Subhan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Subhan most popular?
Subhan peaked in 2023, reaching #2188 nationally. Today it ranks #2230, 42 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
Where it comes from
From sabbaha to Subhan
The story of Subhan
Subhan Allah is said at anything striking — beauty, coincidence, disaster — and the word means specifically to declare God free of any defect, which is a narrower idea than praise. It opens the Isra verse of sura 17. Subhan is used as a given name across South Asia and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
glory, praise
From the Arabic subhan, a verbal noun from sabbaha, 'to glorify' or 'declare free of imperfection'. Subhan Allah — glory to God — is among the most-said phrases in the language. The root carries a sense of declaring something free of any fault. The Arabic is documented.
How the name formed
- sabbaha
- subhan
- Subhan
Related forms: سبحان · Subhan · Subhaan
Pronouncing Subhan
SOOB-hahn
Two syllables, stress on the first. The internal h is fully sounded in Arabic.
Nicknames for Subhan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most boys named
- 202365 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2188reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +37.0%63 in 2025, from 46
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Subhan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- سبحان in Arabic — transliteration
- Subhan in Urdu — same name
- Subhaan in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Virginia.
Subhans among us
people named Subhan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,112 born in 2025 was named Subhan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hilman test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Subhan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hilman climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hilman's path sketches the road Subhan is walking now.
Subhan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Subhan is headed
Subhan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Subhan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Subhan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the word means declaring something free of any defect is a first-rate distinction.
- It is among the most-said words in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- It reads as specifically and strongly Muslim.
- The internal h is often swallowed by English speakers.
- Subhan and Subhaan are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Subhans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Subhan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Subhan in 2025?
- Subhan ranks #2230 among US boy names in 2025, with 63 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Subhan?
- About 1 in every 27,112 US boys born in 2025 was named Subhan — 63 in all.
- Will my child share the name Subhan with classmates?
- Subhan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Subhan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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