Lan

Lan was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).

Lan as a boy’s name

  • US
Lan as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Lan as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#8,910 (8)
2024#8,312 (9)
2023#12,239 (5)
2022#12,330 (5)
2021#10,799 (6)
2019#10,803 (6)
2018#8,819 (8)
2016#12,185 (5)
2011#12,287 (5)
2006#10,662 (6)
2004#9,948 (6)
2003#8,643 (7)
2002#8,456 (7)
2000#10,349 (5)
1999#9,912 (5)

Lan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Lan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2019#15,539 (5)——
2018#15,682 (5)——
2016#14,331 (6)—#2,383 (8)
2015#16,419 (5)——
2014#14,558 (6)——
2013#13,150 (7)——
2012#8,632 (13)#5,876 (3)—
2011#14,824 (6)——
2010#12,276 (8)——
2009#13,704 (7)——
2008#8,529 (14)—#3,207 (5)
2007—#5,201 (3)—
2006#11,417 (9)——
2005#13,010 (7)——
2004#9,892 (10)—#2,160 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1981 at #2,496.
  • First recorded in the US in 1948.
  • In 2019, 46% of US babies named Lan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Lan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 170,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 240,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LanCanadaGirls—too few
LanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LanUSGirls—too few
LanUSBoys#8,9108