NameTides

Tan

Tan peaked in the US in 1985 at #1,975, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Tan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tan as a boy’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
Tan as a boy’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#8,889 (8)——
2018#9,670 (7)——
2013#9,655 (7)——
2012#8,864 (8)——
2011#10,808 (6)——
2010#7,087 (11)#4,678 (3)—
2009#8,310 (9)#4,527 (3)—
2007#5,434 (16)——
2006#6,460 (12)——
2005#7,640 (9)——
2004#5,007 (16)——
2003#5,877 (12)——
2002#4,188 (19)——
2001#4,302 (18)—#2,004 (5)
2000#6,839 (9)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #1,975.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TanCanadaBoys—too few
TanEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TanUSGirls—too few
TanUSBoys—too few