Van

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #970 for boys in 2025, 236 births
Given to boys 94.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#233
1891 · 48 births
Debut · boys
1880
33 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,432
since 1880

Van over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #1,136, 1888peak #233, 1891girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#970236
2024#9,55610#909257
2023#6,92216#910255
2022#13,5926#943242
2021#11,1468#871265
2020#9,54610#868260
2019#9,11211#862257
2018#8,61712#832267
2017#6,53118#907236
2016#6,18620#911236
2015#5,45824#827273
2014#6,71318#776300
2013#8,58013#838255
2012#5,11427#853249
2011#5,72823#787283
2010#9,23112#753300
2009#9,37912#774295
2008—#799274
2007#17,6365#809263
2006#9,28612#906214
2005#10,12810#990174
2004#9,26411#1,053153
2003#15,7845#1,082143
2002#6,69816#1,236110
2001#6,61916#1,33797
2000#6,80815#1,46684
1999#9,4799#1,28395
1998#6,71914#1,205102
1997#9,0179#1,36681
1996#5,53117#1,18896
1995#6,64113#1,32778
1994#6,31914#1,104104
1993#4,10025#1,108102
1992#3,68029#974123
1991#4,32923#1,017112
1990#4,00325#876138
1989#3,25332#856138
1988#3,39328#832130
1987#2,23648#763144
1986#2,90332#741150
1985#2,10050#740143
1984#2,29942#775124
1983#1,81758#675160
1982#2,11548#766131
1981#2,84731#726142
1980#2,34241#705152
1979#4,05218#673161
1978#4,45915#690148
1977#4,06917#675157
1976#3,54019#683146
1975#5,9849#669152
1974—#628163
1973#6,6667#593175
1972#7,2926#585185
1971#5,13610#552213
1970#5,06110#518241
1969#7,4715#487248
1968#4,22211#461278
1967#3,65613#424322
1966#3,74012#407349
1965#3,40214#385408
1964#2,82520#402392
1963#2,61922#377448
1962#3,29315#364480
1961#3,18916#342529
1960#3,09516#357479
1959#2,15228#346505
1958#2,66319#364449
1957#2,34723#355459
1956#2,92916#343471
1955#2,06327#313547
1954#2,59218#298573
1953#2,43119#294572
1952#2,58117#310535
1951#2,81014#313497
1950#3,6629#311482
1949#4,2357#299510
1948#2,82813#306494
1947#3,06112#289569
1946#2,22818#265567
1945#2,59812#279466
1944#2,28715#349293
1943#2,44714#383255
1942—#421214
1941#4,4205#388220
1940#2,29713#436176
1939#2,41712#421182
1938#2,73010#381218
1937#2,73510#401194
1936#3,7016#427172
1935#2,43912#404182
1934#2,18714#413184
1933#2,68810#368216
1932—#406193
1931#3,2268#412187
1930#3,6587#386219
1929#2,58712#429190
1928#3,1649#402223
1927#2,55213#416209
1926#2,47414#403220
1925#3,3629#397227
1924#5,0615#396234
1923#3,12510#438192
1922#1,95720#415207
1921#3,4009#389244
1920#3,5988#399217
1919#3,8177#441180
1918#3,8697#421191
1917#4,0836#445162
1916#2,83310#408185
1915#3,7956#408173
1914#2,12511#410134
1913#2,5407#48282
1912—#42485
1911—#38953
1910—#39145
1909—#34845
1908—#38936
1907#1,6397#42929
1906—#44325
1905—#35534
1904#1,8775#36031
1903—#30338
1902#1,4387#33733
1901—#30234
1900#1,9325#27157
1899—#31132
1898—#30738
1897—#29738
1896—#30637
1895—#31034
1894—#30832
1893—#26942
1892—#31235
1891—#23348
1890—#33527
1889—#28834
1888#1,1366#32431
1887—#29432
1886—#26441
1885—#26838
1884—#27838
1883—#29431
1882—#24846
1881—#27632
1880—#28633
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Van was already there! It came in at #286, and was given to 33 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1904–1908, when fewer than 37 boys a year got the name.

See more about Van
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 61 spots since 2024 (#909 → #970)
  • 102 spots since 2020 (#868 → #970)
  • 143 spots since 2015 (#827 → #970)
  • Biggest jump: 102 spots in 1891 (#335 → #233)
  • Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1991 (#876 → #1,017)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #233 (48 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 133 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 133 yrs · run 1880–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,108
  • Highest: 1 in 2,108 boys born in 1891 were named Van (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,238 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.3% of all boys named Van (5,090) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s356#248 (1882)#282
1890s363#233 (1891)#299
1900s362#271 (1900)#354
1910s1,290#389 (1911)#422
1920s2,163#389 (1921)#408
1930s1,947#368 (1933)#402
1940s3,764#265 (1946)#342
1950s5,090#294 (1953)#325
1960s3,933#342 (1961)#401
1970s1,741#518 (1970)#627
1980s1,414#675 (1983)#758
1990s1,031#876 (1990)#1,145
2000s1,807#774 (2009)#1,045
2010s2,656#753 (2010)#835
2020s1,515#868 (2020)#912

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.

Van in 2000

girls
#6,808
15 births · 1 in 121,069 girls
boys
#1,466
84 births · 1 in 23,381 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #6,808Van15

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #1,466Van84
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 121,069 of them was named Van, which outranked 61.4% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Van
  1. #6,487Zella16
  2. #6,487Ziona16
  3. #6,487Zitlaly16
  4. #6,808Van15
  5. #6,808Abaigeal15
  6. #6,808Abbigael15
  7. #6,808Abena15
  8. #7,158Adalynn14
  9. #7,158Adamarys14
  10. #7,158Adanna14

Tied with 349 names at #6,808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 23,381 of them was named Van, which outranked 87.9% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Van
  1. #1,448Ronny85
  2. #1,448Savon85
  3. #1,448Sullivan85
  4. #1,466Van84
  5. #1,466Bryton84
  6. #1,466Codie84
  7. #1,466Dajon84
  8. #1,479Boston83
  9. #1,479Chayton83
  10. #1,479Forest83

Tied with 12 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →