first name
SHAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,106 people named Shan, 54% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 27.6% as White and 11.7% as Black. 51.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shan peaked in 1970, when 105 babies got the name.
At least 3,088 babies have been given the name since 1944. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Shan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,248. The largest share of babies named Shan, 40%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Shan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Shan ranks #10,909 of 156,621, with 2,789 people. See Shan as a last name
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