How rare is the name Tuan?

13,719 people in the United States have the first name Tuan, about 1 in 22,016. It ranks #2,000 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TUAN

#2,000

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,719
About
1 in 22,016
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,719 people named Tuan, 93.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% as two or more races. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tuan peaked in 1982, when 93 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712021
Peak year
1982
Births that year
93
In 2021
6 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,417 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Tuan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,715. The largest share of babies named Tuan, 63.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#5,934170
1980s#2,715710
1990s#5,995303
2000s#12,245153
2010s#19,90875
2020s#36,8006
Generation X 1965–8016%
Millennials 1981–9663.9%
Generation Z 1997–1216.5%
2013 and later3.6%

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.

Either side of Tuan

#1,998 Brigitte · 13,751#1,999 Nataly · 13,727#2,001 Annamarie · 13,714#2,001 Porter · 13,714

Spelled almost the same

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

#15,428 Tun · 746#29,154 Tuanh · 305#42,480 Tuana · 169

Also a last name

As a last name, Tuan ranks #41,948 of 156,621, with 558 people. See Tuan as a last name

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