Lan
Lan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198247 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 1,079people given the name
The story in the numbers
769 girls have been named Lan in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 47 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 44%.
Lan is used for both sexes: 29% of its bearers are boys (310), most of them born around 1981.
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Lan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Lan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ebonypeak 1982
- Tarahpeak 1985
- Phuongpeak 1982
- Mypeak 1982
- Lindsaypeak 1983
- Thuypeak 1983
- Lindsypeak 1982
- Eboniepeak 1982
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.