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.

Yan*

#4,565 most common boys' name of all time · #11,249 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1971–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#4,565
Rank overall
#11,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
1,085
Since 2016
358
Peak year
2025 #2,379
Best rank
#2,379 2025
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
198020002020

Yan first appears in 1971. 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 — 58 58 #2,379
2024 — 44 44 #2,891
2023 — 44 44 #2,867
2022 — 28 28 #3,922
2021 — 25 25 #4,176
2020 — 25 25 #4,065
2019 — 24 24 #4,265
2018 — 34 34 #3,328
2017 5 35 40 #3,274
2016 6 30 36 #3,635
2015 5 18 23 #5,139
2014 — 29 29 #3,650
2013 — 21 21 #4,522
2012 — 24 24 #4,173
2011 — 26 26 #3,920
2010 5 27 32 #3,843
2009 — 28 28 #3,774
2008 — 26 26 #3,972
2007 8 28 36 #3,738
2006 7 33 40 #3,265
2005 5 29 34 #3,420
2004 5 26 31 #3,585
2003 7 27 34 #3,401
2002 7 26 33 #3,402
2001 5 24 29 #3,565
2000 11 12 23 #5,723
1999 — 12 12 #5,443
1998 7 9 16 #6,506
1997 6 9 15 #6,309
1996 — 19 19 #3,615
1995 — 11 11 #5,303
1994 — 9 9 #6,099
1993 — 9 9 #5,973
1990 — 12 12 #4,568
1989 — 15 15 #3,748
1988 5 6 11 #6,847
1987 — 16 16 #3,170
1986 — 16 16 #3,105
1985 — 12 12 #3,751
1984 — 15 15 #3,074
1983 5 9 14 #4,405
1982 — 7 7 #5,392
1981 — 12 12 #3,560
1980 — 13 13 #3,389
1979 — 12 12 #3,530
1977 — 7 7 #4,971
1971 — 5 5 #5,651