How rare is the name Quan?

7,269 people in the United States have the first name Quan, about 1 in 41,551. It ranks #3,049 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

QUAN

#3,049

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,269
About
1 in 41,551
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,269 people named Quan, 78.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 15% as Black and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 84.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Quan peaked in 1985, when 43 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
43
In 2025*
12 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,464 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Quan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,562. The largest share of babies named Quan, 37.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#13,71613
1970s#5,339201
1980s#4,562327
1990s#5,390355
2000s#8,073274
2010s#10,432205
2020s#12,57889
Generation X 1965–8016.2%
Millennials 1981–9637.6%
Generation Z 1997–1231.1%
2013 and later15%

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.

Exactly as common as Quan

1 other first name also has 7,269 people.

#3,049 Edwardo · 7,269

Either side of Quan

#3,047 Jayceon · 7,273#3,049 Edwardo · 7,269#3,051 Emmitt · 7,268#3,052 Trish · 7,250

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,001 Quin · 2,739#10,828 Qun · 1,211#27,528 Quana · 332#37,938 Quen · 204#49,660 Quon · 124#50,487 Quian · 119

Also a last name

As a last name, Quan ranks #4,983 of 156,621, with 6,825 people. See Quan as a last name

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