Chan
Chan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198624 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1919
- 1,240people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,028 boys have been named Chan in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 24 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1980s alone account for 19%.
Chan is used for both sexes: 17% of its bearers are girls (212), most of them born around 1983.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Chan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 19 | |
| 1930s | 38 | |
| 1940s | 48 | |
| 1950s | 87 | |
| 1960s | 127 | |
| 1970s | 155 | |
| 1980s | 199 | |
| 1990s | 143 | |
| 2000s | 103 | |
| 2010s | 84 | |
| 2020s | 19 |
In 1986, its biggest year
Chan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1986 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Chan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Norbertopeak 1981
- Philippepeak 1979
- Karltonpeak 1991
- Lamarrpeak 1984
- Darnellpeak 1984
- Donnellpeak 1982
- Darrispeak 1983
- Reynaldopeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.