Lan
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to girls 70.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 47 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 769since 1972
Lan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five girls were named Lan! It came in at #5,480, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1982 at #2,150 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,028
- Highest: 1 in 36,028 girls born in 1982 were named Lan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 43.7% of all girls named Lan (336) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
- Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 97 | #2,942 (1978) | #4,322 |
| 1980s | 336 | #2,150 (1982) | #2,963 |
| 1990s | 183 | #3,443 (1991) | #5,900 |
| 2000s | 92 | #5,312 (2000) | #10,739 |
| 2010s | 61 | #8,632 (2012) | #13,935 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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