Lan**
#6,681 most common girls' name of all time · #11,232 across all names · 29% male / 71% female · used 1948–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#6,681
Rank overall
#11,232 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,087
Since 2016
68
Peak year
1981 #2,323
Best rank
#2,172 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 62/yr
Lan first appears in 1948. 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 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #15,852 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #16,006 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #14,584 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,767 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,830 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,358 |
| 2012 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,717 |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #15,056 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,456 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,928 |
| 2008 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,607 |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #11,574 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,218 |
| 2004 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #10,040 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #14,136 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #12,411 |
| 2001 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,878 |
| 2000 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #5,357 |
| 1999 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #7,834 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,301 |
| 1997 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #7,396 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,831 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #6,355 |
| 1994 | 27 | 6 | 33 | #3,929 |
| 1993 | 18 | 5 | 23 | #5,266 |
| 1992 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,286 |
| 1991 | 31 | 5 | 36 | #3,482 |
| 1990 | 24 | 5 | 29 | #4,160 |
| 1989 | 23 | 10 | 33 | #4,160 |
| 1988 | 20 | 10 | 30 | #4,368 |
| 1987 | 30 | 7 | 37 | #3,133 |
| 1986 | 30 | 13 | 43 | #3,088 |
| 1985 | 28 | 19 | 47 | #3,201 |
| 1984 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #2,438 |
| 1983 | 44 | 8 | 52 | #2,216 |
| 1982 | 47 | 11 | 58 | #2,172 |
| 1981 | 43 | 19 | 62 | #2,323 |
| 1980 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #2,825 |
| 1979 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,829 |
| 1978 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,968 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,320 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,023 |
| 1975 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #4,714 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #5,695 |
| 1971 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | — |