Meaning and history
From Turkic arslan meaning “lion,” this name was originally a byname or title used by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan, whose name means “brave lion” and who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. C. S. Lewis later used Aslan for the lion protagonist of his Chronicles of Narnia series, first appearing in 1950.
20062006: 51 births, rank #2,398
2007: 36 births, rank #3,135
2008: 37 births, rank #3,103
2009: 29 births, rank #3,639
2010: 31 births, rank #3,453
20112011: 41 births, rank #2,852
2012: 35 births, rank #3,179
2013: 37 births, rank #2,998
2014: 42 births, rank #2,805
2015: 41 births, rank #2,864
20162016: 49 births, rank #2,551
2017: 61 births, rank #2,186
2018: 71 births, rank #2,029
2019: 62 births, rank #2,228
2020: 71 births, rank #1,996
20212021: 94 births, rank #1,721
2022: 138 births, rank #1,353
2023: 175 births, rank #1,172
2024: 210 births, rank #1,050
20252025: 280 births, rank #860
In 2025, 280 babies were recorded with the name Aslan, ranking #860 among boys.