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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 986since 1971
Yan 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 | — | #2,363 | 58 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,873 | 44 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,848 | 44 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,879 | 28 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,020 | 25 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #3,249 | 35 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | — | #3,617 | 29 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,131 | 24 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,885 | 26 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
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| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
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| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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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.
See more about Yan
- 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)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2025 at #2,363 (58 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 were named Yan (0.00%)
- 27.2% of all boys named Yan (268) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24 | #3,357 (1979) | #4,282 |
| 1980s | 121 | #2,956 (1984) | #3,849 |
| 1990s | 90 | #3,549 (1996) | #5,306 |
| 2000s | 259 | #3,227 (2006) | #3,729 |
| 2010s | 268 | #3,249 (2017) | #3,934 |
| 2020s | 224 | #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 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 240,327 of them was named Yan, which outranked 38.4% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,630Zyiah9
- #11,630Zymal9
- #11,630Zyona9
- #12,676Yan8
- #12,676Aalijah8
- #12,676Aayliah8
- #12,676Abbee8
- #13,924Aairah7
- #13,924Aaleeyah7
- #13,924Aamyah7
Tied with 1,247 names at #12,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 74,122 of them was named Yan, which outranked 74.4% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,591Uzziah29
- #3,591Vaibhav29
- #3,591Zayan29
- #3,687Yan28
- #3,687Aaiden28
- #3,687Aaryn28
- #3,687Abdulahi28
- #3,793Aadyn27
- #3,793Aarion27
- #3,793Abigail27
Tied with 105 names at #3,687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.