boys:
2.4k births since 1970
#2598 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1970
#5449 (30th percentile)
The name Shaan is the #5,449 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,371 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 29.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,598 (43.3% percentile) for all time with 2,371 births since 1970.
Shaan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for boys in 1970). Birth data for Shaan is available in 49 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Shaan reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #793) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 53 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Shaan ranks #836 for boys (8.2% percentile) with 44 births per million, which is 82.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaan".
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