NameTides

Shan

Shan peaked in the US in 1969 at #893, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Shan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Shan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020
Shan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesNorthern IrelandCanada
2024#8,987 (8)———
2023#8,921 (8)———
2022#5,874 (15)—#414 (3)—
2021#10,799 (6)———
2020#9,554 (7)#4,608 (3)——
2019#8,215 (9)#3,937 (4)—#2,756 (5)
2018#6,703 (12)#3,011 (6)—#2,403 (6)
2017#5,788 (15)———
2016#3,883 (27)———
2015#8,040 (9)———
2014#5,997 (14)#3,895 (4)—#2,667 (5)
2013#3,864 (26)#3,822 (4)——
2012#4,131 (24)#3,987 (4)—#1,971 (8)
2011#4,356 (22)#2,390 (8)—#1,944 (8)
2010#4,099 (24)#2,400 (8)——

Shan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shan 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.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Shan 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.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
2022—#4,646 (4)—
2020—#4,535 (4)—
2019—#4,001 (5)—
2018—#4,684 (4)—
2017—#4,063 (5)—
2016#16,215 (5)——
2014—#5,691 (3)—
2013—#4,739 (4)—
2012—#4,838 (4)—
2011—#4,764 (4)—
2010—#4,688 (4)—
2009—#3,422 (6)—
2008—#4,524 (4)—
2007—#4,294 (4)—
2006—#5,061 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1969 at #893.
  • First recorded in the US in 1944.
  • In 2016, 16% of US babies named Shan were girls.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShanCanadaGirls—too few
ShanCanadaBoys—too few
ShanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShanEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ShanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ShanUSGirls—too few
ShanUSBoys—too few