Loan was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #859 in Canada.
Loan as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2025
#6,143 (14)
#859 (30)
2024
#6,469 (13)
#959 (26)
2023
#12,239 (5)
#854 (28)
2022
—
#1,027 (22)
2021
—
#974 (24)
2020
—
#1,071 (20)
2019
—
#1,029 (21)
2018
—
#993 (22)
2017
—
#741 (33)
2016
—
#911 (25)
2015
—
#1,384 (13)
2014
—
#977 (22)
2013
—
#1,210 (16)
2012
—
#966 (22)
2011
—
#1,003 (21)
Loan as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2000
#15,031 (5)
1998
#11,138 (7)
1997
#12,070 (6)
1996
#8,132 (10)
1995
#11,783 (6)
1994
#5,713 (16)
1993
#8,052 (10)
1992
#8,065 (10)
1991
#4,808 (20)
1990
#6,867 (12)
1989
#5,836 (14)
1988
#5,065 (16)
1987
#3,857 (22)
1986
#3,757 (22)
1985
#3,084 (29)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2024 at #6,469.
First recorded in the US in 2023.
How common is it?
about 1 in 130,000 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.
How common, country by country
Where
Sex
Latest year
Share
Verdict
US
Boys
2025
about 1 in 130,000
rare
Canada
Boys
2025
about 1 in 5,300
uncommon
Across Canada
Province
Year
Rank
Babies
Quebec
2025
#216
25
Loan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.