Shan**
#2,393 most common boys' name of all time · #5,780 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1944–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,393
Rank overall
#5,780 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
3,088
Since 2016
112
Peak year
1970 #1,061
Best rank
#899 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 105/yr
Shan first appears in 1944. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,131 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,050 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,928 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,988 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,704 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,325 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,780 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,854 |
| 2016 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #3,896 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,170 |
| 2014 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,057 |
| 2013 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,890 |
| 2012 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,157 |
| 2011 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,393 |
| 2010 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,131 |
| 2009 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,847 |
| 2008 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,675 |
| 2007 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,673 |
| 2006 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,105 |
| 2005 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #3,267 |
| 2004 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,976 |
| 2003 | 7 | 40 | 47 | #2,558 |
| 2002 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,049 |
| 2001 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #3,083 |
| 2000 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,497 |
| 1999 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #2,740 |
| 1998 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,675 |
| 1997 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #2,282 |
| 1996 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,707 |
| 1995 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,419 |
| 1994 | 7 | 38 | 45 | #2,150 |
| 1993 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,071 |
| 1992 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #2,023 |
| 1991 | 6 | 48 | 54 | #1,714 |
| 1990 | 5 | 39 | 44 | #1,956 |
| 1989 | 9 | 53 | 62 | #1,545 |
| 1988 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #2,120 |
| 1987 | 8 | 44 | 52 | #1,603 |
| 1986 | 11 | 32 | 43 | #1,896 |
| 1985 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #2,483 |
| 1983 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #2,246 |
| 1982 | 13 | 30 | 43 | #1,876 |
| 1981 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #1,799 |
| 1980 | 12 | 43 | 55 | #1,461 |
| 1979 | 13 | 48 | 61 | #1,348 |
| 1978 | 14 | 50 | 64 | #1,280 |
| 1977 | 15 | 48 | 63 | #1,301 |
| 1976 | 17 | 46 | 63 | #1,316 |
| 1975 | 24 | 51 | 75 | #1,188 |
| 1974 | 24 | 48 | 72 | #1,211 |
| 1973 | 27 | 62 | 89 | #1,033 |
| 1972 | 36 | 63 | 99 | #1,019 |
| 1971 | 24 | 64 | 88 | #1,022 |
| 1970 | 45 | 60 | 105 | #1,061 |
| 1969 | 25 | 73 | 98 | #899 |
| 1968 | 30 | 59 | 89 | #957 |
| 1967 | 31 | 42 | 73 | #1,163 |
| 1966 | 29 | 41 | 70 | #1,177 |
| 1965 | 31 | 40 | 71 | #1,222 |
| 1964 | 28 | 26 | 54 | #1,576 |
| 1963 | 21 | 16 | 37 | #2,099 |
| 1962 | 16 | 16 | 32 | #2,106 |
| 1961 | 27 | 18 | 45 | #1,994 |
| 1960 | 16 | 15 | 31 | #2,202 |
| 1959 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #2,287 |
| 1958 | 31 | 15 | 46 | #2,171 |
| 1957 | 23 | 13 | 36 | #2,366 |
| 1956 | 24 | 15 | 39 | #2,162 |
| 1955 | 23 | 14 | 37 | #2,214 |
| 1954 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #2,924 |
| 1953 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #3,121 |
| 1952 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #3,341 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1950 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1949 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1948 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1946 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,881 |