Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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