Yan
Yan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202344 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,026people given the name
The story in the numbers
927 boys have been named Yan in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 44 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 29%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 99 girls have also been given it, 9.6% of the total.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Yan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Yan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Amarpeak 2023
- Elimelechpeak 2024
- Salahpeak 2019
- Rishipeak 2023
- Adnanpeak 2023
- Ajpeak 2012
- Yitzchakpeak 2022
- Avrohompeak 2021
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.