girls:
769 births since 1972
#4947 (13th percentile)
boys:
301 births since 1948
#4285 (7th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1948
#6669 (14th percentile)
The name Lan is the #6,669 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,070 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 13.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,947 (13.4% percentile) for all time with 769 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,285 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 301 births since 1948.
Lan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for boys and 1972 for girls). Birth data for Lan is available in 58 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023 (44 years for girls and 42 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lan has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Lan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for boys (79.4% boys from 1948 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (77.6% girls from 1976 to 2023).
For girls, Lan reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #751) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
For boys, Lan reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #668) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lan ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 26.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lan".
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