How rare is the name Luan?

3,619 people in the United States have the first name Luan, about 1 in 83,457. It ranks #4,923 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUAN

#4,923

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,619
About
1 in 83,457
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,619 people named Luan, 62% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 29.8% as White and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 75.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Luan peaked in 2025, when 166 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
166
In 2025*
166
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 1,622 babies have been given the name since 1926. 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.

Luan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #3,809. The largest share of babies named Luan, 45.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,8275
1930s#4,88394
1940s#5,42487
1950s#3,809214
1960s#5,984115
1970s#15,75425
1980s#11,56179
1990s#14,13687
2000s#14,129124
2010s#8,755263
2020s#3,870529
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–458.3%
Baby boom 1946–6420.9%
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–967.6%
Generation Z 1997–1212.7%
2013 and later45.6%

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.

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Luan, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Luan ranks #26,183 of 156,621, with 983 people. See Luan as a last name

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