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.
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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 123,482 of them was named Shan, which outranked 57.5% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,842Waleska14
- #4,842Yolande14
- #4,842Zelma14
- #5,092Shan13
- #5,092Aaryn13
- #5,092Adreana13
- #5,092Akeela13
- #5,427Abagail12
- #5,427Abigayle12
- #5,427Adora12
Tied with 334 names at #5,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 35,865 of them was named Shan, which outranked 81.0% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,319Raymon49
- #1,319Skye49
- #1,319Yusuf49
- #1,340Shan48
- #1,340Crystal48
- #1,340Dain48
- #1,340Devan48
- #1,352Anibal47
- #1,352Augustus47
- #1,352Courtland47
Tied with 11 names at #1,340; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.