NameTides

Van

Van was the #970 boys' name in the US in 2025 (236 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Van as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Van 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Van 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#970 (236)#5,137 (3)#981 (26)
2024#909 (257)—#959 (26)
2023#910 (255)—#986 (24)
2022#943 (242)—#971 (24)
2021#871 (265)—#713 (38)
2020#868 (260)#2,682 (7)#847 (28)
2019#862 (257)—#681 (37)
2018#832 (267)#3,959 (4)#778 (31)
2017#907 (236)#4,812 (3)#789 (31)
2016#911 (236)#4,810 (3)#793 (31)
2015#827 (273)—#898 (25)
2014#776 (300)—#724 (34)
2013#838 (255)#4,685 (3)#760 (31)
2012#853 (249)#4,805 (3)#627 (39)
2011#787 (283)—#1,076 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1891 at #233.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 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

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Van is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 7,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Van by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,039TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Van (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Van (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.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
VanCanadaGirls—too few
VanCanadaBoys#98126
VanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
VanEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
VanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
VanUSGirls#10,9178
VanUSBoys#970236