Luan
- Last seen for girls in 1969 at #5,456
- #1,217 for boys in 2025, 166 births
- Given to boys 68.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 166 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,107since 1975
Luan 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,217 | 166 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,563 | 111 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,787 | 90 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,136 | 69 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,300 | 60 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,525 | 52 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,943 | 40 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,378 | 33 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,358 | 33 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,996 | 18 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
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| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | — | |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Luan! It came in at #4,309, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Luan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#620 · 1 in 3,860
- New Jersey#707 · 1 in 4,418
- Florida#754 · 1 in 4,777
- Colorado#849 · 1 in 5,370
- New York#885 · 1 in 5,628
Best ever in a state: #508 in Massachusetts, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Florida | #754 | 20 | 1 in 4,777 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
| Texas | #1,012 | 23 | 1 in 7,611 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
| California | #1,040 | 20 | 1 in 8,774 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Luan
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 2,127 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #1,217)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2025 at #1,217 (166 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 10,290
- Highest: 1 in 10,290 boys born in 2025 were named Luan (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 47.8% of all boys named Luan (529) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1975
- Mostly girls until 1974, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 25 | #4,012 (1976) | #4,985 |
| 1980s | 79 | #2,912 (1983) | #4,938 |
| 1990s | 87 | #4,231 (1991) | #5,871 |
| 2000s | 124 | #4,865 (2006) | #6,380 |
| 2010s | 263 | #2,525 (2019) | #4,373 |
| 2020s | 529 | #1,217 (2025) | #2,058 |
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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