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.

Quan

#3,814 most common boys' name of all time · #9,295 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1966–2025

Rank among boys
#3,814
Rank overall
#9,295 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,464
Since 2016
159
Peak year
1985 #1,661
Best rank
#1,649 1982
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
198020002020

Quan first appears in 1966. 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 — 12 12 #6,890
2024 — 13 13 #6,565
2023 — 16 16 #5,724
2022 — 21 21 #4,746
2021 — 9 9 #8,315
2020 — 18 18 #5,104
2019 — 22 22 #4,521
2018 — 14 14 #6,122
2017 — 21 21 #4,641
2016 — 13 13 #6,458
2015 — 21 21 #4,599
2014 — 19 19 #4,924
2013 — 21 21 #4,516
2012 — 31 31 #3,479
2011 — 24 24 #4,141
2010 — 19 19 #4,906
2009 — 22 22 #4,483
2008 — 29 29 #3,685
2007 — 32 32 #3,413
2006 — 24 24 #4,040
2005 — 22 22 #4,107
2004 — 21 21 #4,177
2003 — 25 25 #3,565
2002 — 24 24 #3,597
2001 — 34 34 #2,768
2000 — 41 41 #2,344
1999 — 38 38 #2,375
1998 — 36 36 #2,418
1997 — 34 34 #2,418
1996 — 27 27 #2,788
1995 — 43 43 #1,975
1994 — 33 33 #2,373
1993 5 33 38 #2,324
1992 — 32 32 #2,329
1991 — 34 34 #2,174
1990 — 40 40 #1,936
1989 — 30 30 #2,277
1988 — 33 33 #1,974
1987 — 30 30 #2,049
1986 — 30 30 #1,992
1985 5 38 43 #1,661
1984 — 23 23 #2,279
1983 6 29 35 #1,897
1982 5 37 42 #1,649
1981 8 30 38 #1,889
1980 — 23 23 #2,267
1979 — 30 30 #1,859
1978 — 21 21 #2,263
1977 — 26 26 #1,942
1976 5 29 34 #1,779
1975 — 16 16 #2,616
1974 — 15 15 #2,648
1973 — 10 10 #3,406
1972 — 12 12 #2,967
1971 — 18 18 #2,271
1970 — 19 19 #2,123
1969 — 8 8 #3,570
1966 5 — 5 —