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.

Tan

#6,579 most common boys' name of all time · #16,468 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1976–2019

Rank among boys
#6,579
Rank overall
#16,468 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
597
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1985 #2,017
Best rank
#2,017 1985
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
19802000

Tan first appears in 1976. 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
2019 — 8 8 #9,152
2018 — 7 7 #9,966
2013 — 7 7 #9,977
2012 — 8 8 #9,119
2011 — 6 6 #11,233
2010 — 11 11 #7,266
2009 — 9 9 #8,527
2007 — 16 16 #5,531
2006 — 12 12 #6,641
2005 — 9 9 #7,896
2004 — 16 16 #5,136
2003 — 12 12 #6,041
2002 — 19 19 #4,257
2001 — 18 18 #4,398
2000 — 9 9 #7,067
1999 — 18 18 #4,087
1998 — 14 14 #4,766
1997 — 13 13 #4,820
1996 — 15 15 #4,322
1995 — 15 15 #4,192
1994 — 13 13 #4,699
1993 — 18 18 #3,616
1992 — 25 25 #2,810
1991 — 21 21 #3,078
1990 — 26 26 #2,618
1989 — 23 23 #2,761
1988 — 15 15 #3,493
1987 — 20 20 #2,715
1986 — 17 17 #2,988
1985 — 29 29 #2,017
1984 — 23 23 #2,289
1983 — 17 17 #2,778
1982 — 23 23 #2,264
1981 — 17 17 #2,773
1980 6 18 24 #2,728
1979 5 11 16 #3,796
1978 — 14 14 #3,066
1977 — 8 8 #4,566
1976 — 6 6 #5,574