Shan
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to boys 72.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 73 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,224since 1944
Shan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #3,883 | 27 |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,864 | 26 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,131 | 24 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,356 | 22 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,099 | 24 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,831 | 27 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,646 | 29 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,083 | 35 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #3,241 | 31 |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #2,545 | 40 |
| 2002 | — | #3,022 | 30 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | — | #2,651 | 31 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #2,260 | 37 |
| 1996 | — | #2,679 | 28 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,400 | 32 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | — | #2,050 | 39 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,699 | 48 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,946 | 39 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #1,587 | 44 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #1,850 | 30 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,766 | 32 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #1,449 | 43 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #1,340 | 48 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #1,272 | 50 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #1,289 | 48 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #1,304 | 46 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #1,181 | 51 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #1,023 | 62 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | #1,014 | 63 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 | #1,014 | 64 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | #1,051 | 60 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 | #893 | 73 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | #946 | 59 |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 | #1,150 | 42 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #1,164 | 41 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | #1,948 | 18 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #3,430 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shan! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Shan is popular in 1969
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#629 · 1 in 10,223
Best ever in a state: #470 in Georgia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #629 | 17 | 1 in 10,223 |
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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 Shan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1968 (#1,150 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 158 spots in 1970 (#893 → #1,051)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1969 at #893 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1968–1969
- Highest: 1 in 24,496 boys born in 1969 were named Shan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 24.3% of all boys named Shan (540) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1964, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,430 (1944) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 95 | #2,091 (1956) | #2,443 |
| 1960s | 346 | #893 (1969) | #1,505 |
| 1970s | 540 | #1,014 (1971) | #1,169 |
| 1980s | 337 | #1,449 (1980) | #1,871 |
| 1990s | 362 | #1,699 (1991) | #2,253 |
| 2000s | 313 | #2,476 (2000) | #3,250 |
| 2010s | 182 | #3,864 (2013) | #5,508 |
| 2020s | 44 | #5,874 (2022) | #8,827 |
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.
Shan in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 67,481 of them was named Shan, which outranked 69.6% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,585Theda26
- #2,585Tresia26
- #2,585Yolande26
- #2,645Shan25
- #2,645Adelia25
- #2,645Alida25
- #2,645Allen25
- #2,704Aide24
- #2,704Albert24
- #2,704Alessandra24
Tied with 58 names at #2,645; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 24,496 of them was named Shan, which outranked 82.3% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #885Lamonte74
- #885Merlin74
- #885Stanton74
- #893Shan73
- #893Burt73
- #893Dwaine73
- #893Ezra73
- #900Alden72
- #900Dereck72
- #900Rodrigo72
Tied with 6 names at #893; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.