Yan

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
Given to boys 90.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,363
2025 · 58 births
Debut · boys
1971
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
986
since 1971

Yan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #8,534, 2000girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,36358
2024—#2,87344
2023—#2,84844
2022—#3,87928
2021—#4,11825
2020—#4,02025
2019—#4,23024
2018—#3,30134
2017#15,9025#3,24935
2016#14,3316#3,59630
2015#16,4195#5,05818
2014—#3,61729
2013—#4,46321
2012—#4,13124
2011—#3,88526
2010#16,9925#3,81227
2009—#3,72128
2008—#3,92126
2007#12,6768#3,68728
2006#13,6067#3,22733
2005#16,4625#3,38929
2004#16,0995#3,53426
2003#12,4087#3,36627
2002#12,1877#3,34926
2001#15,3525#3,51224
2000#8,53411#5,58812
1999—#5,31712
1998#11,1387#6,3149
1997#12,0706#6,1009
1996—#3,54919
1995—#5,12411
1994—#5,8689
1993—#5,7719
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1990—#4,40712
1989—#3,61815
1988#11,7985#6,4266
1987—#3,07216
1986—#3,00516
1985—#3,59912
1984—#2,95615
1983#10,2755#4,1419
1982—#5,0037
1981—#3,41212
1980—#3,25613
1979—#3,35712
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1977—#4,5827
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Yan! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Yan is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMINew York: #1,396 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 15,649 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Yan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,396 · 1 in 15,649

Best ever in a state: #1,021 in New York, 1996.

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New York#1,39671 in 15,649
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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 Yan
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 510 spots since 2024 (#2,873 → #2,363)
  • 1,657 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #2,363)
  • 2,695 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #2,363)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2025 at #2,363 (58 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 29,450
  • Highest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 were named Yan (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.2% of all boys named Yan (268) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s24#3,357 (1979)#4,282
1980s121#2,956 (1984)#3,849
1990s90#3,549 (1996)#5,306
2000s259#3,227 (2006)#3,729
2010s268#3,249 (2017)#3,934
2020s224#2,363 (2025)#3,350

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.

Yan in 2006

girls
#13,606
7 births · 1 in 271,601 girls
boys
#3,227
33 births · 1 in 62,281 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #13,606Yan7

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #3,227Yan33
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 271,601 of them was named Yan, which outranked 32.2% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yan
  1. #12,420Zykiria8
  2. #12,420Zylah8
  3. #12,420Zymirah8
  4. #13,606Yan7
  5. #13,606Aalaya7
  6. #13,606Aamirah7
  7. #13,606Aamna7
  8. #15,152Aaisha6
  9. #15,152Aalivia6
  10. #15,152Aaliyan6

Tied with 1,545 names at #13,606; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 62,281 of them was named Yan, which outranked 77.0% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yan
  1. #3,153Zavien34
  2. #3,153Zayan34
  3. #3,153Ziyon34
  4. #3,227Yan33
  5. #3,227Andrue33
  6. #3,227Antone33
  7. #3,227Arnez33
  8. #3,306Aakash32
  9. #3,306Ab32
  10. #3,306Amador32

Tied with 78 names at #3,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →