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Shaan

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Shaan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 72 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
720.00% of boys
Peak year
2009113 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1970
2,443people given the name
Babies named Shaan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,443 boys have been named Shaan in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 113 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 36%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Shaan
1970s35
1980s118
1990s238
2000s786
2010s882
2020s384

In 2009, its biggest year

Shaan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.

Names that rose and fell with Shaan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

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.