Van*
#661 most common boys' name of all time · #1,469 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#661
Rank overall
#1,469 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
31,194
Since 2016
2,630
Peak year
1953 #294
Best rank
#234 1891
Girls
Boys
peak 591/yr
Van is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 236 | 244 | #970 |
| 2024 | 10 | 257 | 267 | #909 |
| 2023 | 16 | 255 | 271 | #910 |
| 2022 | 6 | 242 | 248 | #943 |
| 2021 | 8 | 265 | 273 | #871 |
| 2020 | 10 | 260 | 270 | #868 |
| 2019 | 11 | 257 | 268 | #862 |
| 2018 | 12 | 267 | 279 | #832 |
| 2017 | 18 | 236 | 254 | #907 |
| 2016 | 20 | 236 | 256 | #912 |
| 2015 | 24 | 273 | 297 | #827 |
| 2014 | 18 | 300 | 318 | #776 |
| 2013 | 13 | 255 | 268 | #838 |
| 2012 | 27 | 249 | 276 | #853 |
| 2011 | 23 | 283 | 306 | #787 |
| 2010 | 12 | 300 | 312 | #753 |
| 2009 | 12 | 295 | 307 | #774 |
| 2008 | — | 274 | 274 | #799 |
| 2007 | 5 | 263 | 268 | #810 |
| 2006 | 12 | 214 | 226 | #906 |
| 2005 | 10 | 174 | 184 | #991 |
| 2004 | 11 | 153 | 164 | #1,054 |
| 2003 | 5 | 143 | 148 | #1,083 |
| 2002 | 16 | 110 | 126 | #1,236 |
| 2001 | 16 | 97 | 113 | #1,337 |
| 2000 | 15 | 84 | 99 | #1,467 |
| 1999 | 9 | 95 | 104 | #1,284 |
| 1998 | 14 | 102 | 116 | #1,207 |
| 1997 | 9 | 81 | 90 | #1,366 |
| 1996 | 17 | 96 | 113 | #1,188 |
| 1995 | 13 | 78 | 91 | #1,327 |
| 1994 | 14 | 104 | 118 | #1,104 |
| 1993 | 25 | 102 | 127 | #1,109 |
| 1992 | 29 | 123 | 152 | #975 |
| 1991 | 23 | 112 | 135 | #1,019 |
| 1990 | 25 | 138 | 163 | #876 |
| 1989 | 32 | 138 | 170 | #856 |
| 1988 | 28 | 130 | 158 | #832 |
| 1987 | 48 | 144 | 192 | #764 |
| 1986 | 32 | 150 | 182 | #741 |
| 1985 | 50 | 143 | 193 | #742 |
| 1984 | 42 | 124 | 166 | #775 |
| 1983 | 58 | 160 | 218 | #676 |
| 1982 | 48 | 131 | 179 | #766 |
| 1981 | 31 | 142 | 173 | #726 |
| 1980 | 41 | 152 | 193 | #705 |
| 1979 | 18 | 161 | 179 | #673 |
| 1978 | 15 | 148 | 163 | #690 |
| 1977 | 17 | 157 | 174 | #675 |
| 1976 | 19 | 146 | 165 | #684 |
| 1975 | 9 | 152 | 161 | #669 |
| 1974 | — | 163 | 163 | #628 |
| 1973 | 7 | 175 | 182 | #593 |
| 1972 | 6 | 185 | 191 | #586 |
| 1971 | 10 | 213 | 223 | #552 |
| 1970 | 10 | 241 | 251 | #520 |
| 1969 | 5 | 248 | 253 | #488 |
| 1968 | 11 | 278 | 289 | #461 |
| 1967 | 13 | 322 | 335 | #425 |
| 1966 | 12 | 349 | 361 | #407 |
| 1965 | 14 | 408 | 422 | #386 |
| 1964 | 20 | 392 | 412 | #403 |
| 1963 | 22 | 448 | 470 | #377 |
| 1962 | 15 | 480 | 495 | #364 |
| 1961 | 16 | 529 | 545 | #342 |
| 1960 | 16 | 479 | 495 | #357 |
| 1959 | 28 | 505 | 533 | #346 |
| 1958 | 19 | 449 | 468 | #364 |
| 1957 | 23 | 459 | 482 | #355 |
| 1956 | 16 | 471 | 487 | #343 |
| 1955 | 27 | 547 | 574 | #313 |
| 1954 | 18 | 573 | 591 | #298 |
| 1953 | 19 | 572 | 591 | #294 |
| 1952 | 17 | 535 | 552 | #310 |
| 1951 | 14 | 497 | 511 | #313 |
| 1950 | 9 | 482 | 491 | #311 |
| 1949 | 7 | 510 | 517 | #299 |
| 1948 | 13 | 494 | 507 | #306 |
| 1947 | 12 | 569 | 581 | #289 |
| 1946 | 18 | 567 | 585 | #265 |
| 1945 | 12 | 466 | 478 | #279 |
| 1944 | 15 | 293 | 308 | #350 |
| 1943 | 14 | 255 | 269 | #383 |
| 1942 | — | 214 | 214 | #421 |
| 1941 | 5 | 220 | 225 | #388 |
| 1940 | 13 | 176 | 189 | #437 |
| 1939 | 12 | 182 | 194 | #422 |
| 1938 | 10 | 218 | 228 | #381 |
| 1937 | 10 | 194 | 204 | #402 |
| 1936 | 6 | 172 | 178 | #427 |
| 1935 | 12 | 182 | 194 | #405 |
| 1934 | 14 | 184 | 198 | #414 |
| 1933 | 10 | 216 | 226 | #369 |
| 1932 | — | 193 | 193 | #406 |
| 1931 | 8 | 187 | 195 | #412 |
| 1930 | 7 | 219 | 226 | #386 |
| 1929 | 12 | 190 | 202 | #429 |
| 1928 | 9 | 223 | 232 | #402 |
| 1927 | 13 | 209 | 222 | #417 |
| 1926 | 14 | 220 | 234 | #403 |
| 1925 | 9 | 227 | 236 | #397 |
| 1924 | 5 | 234 | 239 | #396 |
| 1923 | 10 | 192 | 202 | #438 |
| 1922 | 20 | 207 | 227 | #415 |
| 1921 | 9 | 244 | 253 | #389 |
| 1920 | 8 | 217 | 225 | #399 |
| 1919 | 7 | 180 | 187 | #441 |
| 1918 | 7 | 191 | 198 | #421 |
| 1917 | 6 | 162 | 168 | #445 |
| 1916 | 10 | 185 | 195 | #409 |
| 1915 | 6 | 173 | 179 | #408 |
| 1914 | 11 | 134 | 145 | #410 |
| 1913 | 7 | 82 | 89 | #482 |
| 1912 | — | 85 | 85 | #425 |
| 1911 | — | 53 | 53 | #391 |
| 1910 | — | 45 | 45 | #393 |
| 1909 | — | 45 | 45 | #350 |
| 1908 | — | 36 | 36 | #392 |
| 1907 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #432 |
| 1906 | — | 25 | 25 | #447 |
| 1905 | — | 34 | 34 | #356 |
| 1904 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #362 |
| 1903 | — | 38 | 38 | #304 |
| 1902 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #341 |
| 1901 | — | 34 | 34 | #307 |
| 1900 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #273 |
| 1899 | — | 32 | 32 | #312 |
| 1898 | — | 38 | 38 | #310 |
| 1897 | — | 38 | 38 | #298 |
| 1896 | — | 37 | 37 | #309 |
| 1895 | — | 34 | 34 | #312 |
| 1894 | — | 32 | 32 | #314 |
| 1893 | — | 42 | 42 | #270 |
| 1892 | — | 35 | 35 | #314 |
| 1891 | — | 48 | 48 | #234 |
| 1890 | — | 27 | 27 | #337 |
| 1889 | — | 34 | 34 | #290 |
| 1888 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #326 |
| 1887 | — | 32 | 32 | #295 |
| 1886 | — | 41 | 41 | #266 |
| 1885 | — | 38 | 38 | #272 |
| 1884 | — | 38 | 38 | #281 |
| 1883 | — | 31 | 31 | #294 |
| 1882 | — | 46 | 46 | #256 |
| 1881 | — | 32 | 32 | #283 |
| 1880 | — | 33 | 33 | #290 |