girls:
515 births since 1926
#5201 (9th percentile)
boys:
830 births since 1975
#3757 (18th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1926
#6398 (17th percentile)
The name Luan is the #6,398 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,345 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 17.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,757 (18.0% percentile) for all time with 830 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,201 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 515 births since 1926.
Luan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Luan is available in 86 out of the 98 years between 1926 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 40 years for girls). 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 Luan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Luan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1975, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1926 to 1974), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1975 to 2023).
For boys, Luan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #826) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Luan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #826 (9.3% percentile) with 49 births per million.
For girls, Luan reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #696) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1954, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1969.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Luan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Luan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.2% confident that Luan is pronounced as LUE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lue-AHN, at 20.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like L UW1 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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