How Many People Are Named Aslan?
people named Aslan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 190,303 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,810 babies named Aslan in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
280 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The name Aslan was later used by the author C. S. Lewis for the main protagonist (a lion) in his 'Chronicles of Narnia' series of books, first appearing in 1950.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Aslan, 5% were girls and 95% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Aslan fell from 10.8% in the 2000s to 0.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aslan alive today is about 8 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aslan first appears in the records in 1979, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 280 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aslan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #860, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #860.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #860 |
| Best rank | #860 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,221 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aslan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aslan were born in California than in any other state: about 182 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aslan was given 2.6 times as often in Florida, 1.8 times in California and 1.6 times in New York.
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