Chan
- Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 83.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,035since 1919
Chan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,774 | 20 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
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| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
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| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five boys were named Chan! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Chan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Chan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chan
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 930 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1965 at #1,774 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 76,730
- Highest: 1 in 76,730 boys born in 1986 were named Chan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,774 in 1965, was only 1 in 93,007 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 19.2% of all boys named Chan (199) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1984
- Mostly girls until 1983, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,736 (1919) | #3,736 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,357 (1928) | #3,611 |
| 1930s | 38 | #2,529 (1935) | #2,842 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,405 (1943) | #2,836 |
| 1950s | 87 | #1,845 (1955) | #2,640 |
| 1960s | 127 | #1,774 (1965) | #2,519 |
| 1970s | 155 | #1,847 (1970) | #2,667 |
| 1980s | 199 | #2,207 (1982) | #2,606 |
| 1990s | 143 | #2,952 (1990) | #4,799 |
| 2000s | 103 | #4,476 (2001) | #6,792 |
| 2010s | 84 | #6,349 (2016) | #8,862 |
| 2020s | 26 | #8,990 (2022) | #10,447 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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