Chan*
#4,190 most common boys' name of all time · #10,274 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1919–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,190
Rank overall
#10,274 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
1,247
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1982 #2,231
Best rank
#1,795 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 38/yr
Chan first appears in 1919. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,814 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,071 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,097 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,001 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,207 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,164 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,415 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,775 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,923 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,833 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,745 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,924 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,094 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,180 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,840 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,759 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,859 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #4,852 |
| 2002 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,788 |
| 2001 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,513 |
| 2000 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #5,999 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,143 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,851 |
| 1997 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,769 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,616 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,866 |
| 1994 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #3,645 |
| 1993 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #3,871 |
| 1992 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #3,651 |
| 1991 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #3,369 |
| 1990 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #2,986 |
| 1989 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #3,027 |
| 1988 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1987 | 11 | 24 | 35 | #2,360 |
| 1986 | 14 | 24 | 38 | #2,320 |
| 1985 | 11 | 22 | 33 | #2,393 |
| 1984 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #2,471 |
| 1983 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #2,976 |
| 1982 | 15 | 23 | 38 | #2,231 |
| 1981 | 16 | 19 | 35 | #2,524 |
| 1980 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #2,889 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,434 |
| 1978 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,125 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,944 |
| 1976 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,764 |
| 1975 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,499 |
| 1974 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,604 |
| 1973 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,362 |
| 1972 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #2,127 |
| 1971 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,514 |
| 1970 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,872 |
| 1969 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,837 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,016 |
| 1967 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,428 |
| 1966 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1965 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,795 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,790 |
| 1963 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,946 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,528 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,242 |
| 1959 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,320 |
| 1958 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,341 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1956 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,242 |
| 1955 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,889 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,553 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,078 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,826 |
| 1949 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,579 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,039 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,054 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,878 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,544 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,812 |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,709 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,235 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,239 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,363 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,417 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,647 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,835 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,120 |