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
Showing
- 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
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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 | — | — | ||
| 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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First appearance
1944
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.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1969 at #893 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1968–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,496
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 24.3% of all boys named Shan (540) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1965
- 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.
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