girls:
864 births since 1944
#4852 (15th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1944
#2678 (42nd percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1944
#4897 (37th percentile)
The name Shan is the #4,897 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,080 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 36.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,678 (41.6% percentile) for all time with 2,216 births since 1944. For girls, it ranks #4,852 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 864 births since 1944.
Shan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 . Birth data for Shan is available in 79 out of the 80 years between 1944 and 2023 (73 years for boys and 55 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 Shan has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Shan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1966, the name was more popular for girls (61.0% girls from 1944 to 1965), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.8% boys from 1966 to 2023).
For boys, Shan reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 10.3% percentile (ranked #592) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 40 births per million (ranked 10.3% percentile). Despite a low point around 2011, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Shan ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 10.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shan reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #733) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.8% confident that Shan is pronounced as shan, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shahn, at 23.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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