girls:
10 births since 1955
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1960
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
15 births since 1955
#7724 (0th percentile)
The name Wan is the #7,724 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1960.
Wan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1960 for boys). Birth data for Wan is available in 3 out of the 38 years between 1955 and 1992 (2 years for girls and 1 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 Wan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 1992, 100.0% of babies named Wan were girls.
For girls, Wan reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #728) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1955, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
For boys, Wan reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #657) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1960.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Wan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Wan is pronounced as wahn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is wawn, at 9.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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