girls:
99 births since 1983
#5617 (2nd percentile)
boys:
882 births since 1971
#3706 (19th percentile)
overall:
981 births since 1971
#6758 (13th percentile)
The name Yan is the #6,758 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 981 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,706 (19.1% percentile) for all time with 882 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,617 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 99 births since 1983.
Yan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1983 for girls). Birth data for Yan is available in 45 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 16 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 Yan has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Yan were boys.
For boys, Yan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #872) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Yan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #872 (4.3% percentile) with 24 births per million.
For girls, Yan reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #891) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Yan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.5% confident that Yan is pronounced as yan, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yahn, at 15.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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