Shan
Shan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 898th, in 1969.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196973 births
- Best rank
- #898in 1969
- Since 1944
- 3,088people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,224 boys have been named Shan in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 73 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1970s alone account for 24%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Shan is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (864), most of them born around 1970.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1969, its biggest year
Shan was the 898th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1969 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Shan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jobypeak 1977
- Demetriospeak 1974
- Dionpeak 1970
- Daronpeak 1965
- Derricpeak 1981
- Damonepeak 1974
- Darickpeak 1978
- Errickpeak 1972
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.