Kwan
- Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 95.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1975 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 537since 1969
Kwan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kwan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Kwan! It came in at #3,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2015, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kwan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kwan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kwan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,212 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1975 at #2,134 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 5 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 74,350
- Highest: 1 in 74,350 boys born in 1975 were named Kwan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 24.8% of all boys named Kwan (133) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,935 |
| 1970s | 133 | #2,134 (1975) | #2,992 |
| 1980s | 85 | #3,630 (1983) | #4,714 |
| 1990s | 130 | #3,559 (1995) | #4,627 |
| 2000s | 95 | #5,588 (2000) | #7,447 |
| 2010s | 66 | #7,136 (2018) | #9,751 |
| 2020s | 22 | #7,502 (2020) | #9,849 |
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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