first name
CHAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,500 people named Chan, 84.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 7.8% as White and 4.5% as Black. 63.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chan peaked in 1982, when 38 babies got the name.
At least 1,247 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Chan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,674. The largest share of babies named Chan, 35.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Chan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chan ranks #384 of 156,621, with 81,431 people. See Chan as a last name
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