girls:
39 births since 1966
#5677 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1969
#3233 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1966
#6308 (18th percentile)
The name Quan is the #6,308 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,437 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 18.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,233 (29.5% percentile) for all time with 1,398 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,677 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 39 births since 1966.
Quan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Quan is available in 56 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 7 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 Quan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.3% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1966 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.6% boys from 1969 to 2023).
For boys, Quan reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #762) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Quan ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 40.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Quan reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #774) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Quan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Quan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.9% confident that Quan is pronounced as kwahn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kwuhn, at 15.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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