first name
YAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,856 people named Yan, 85.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 8.1% as White and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 71.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Yan peaked in 2025, when 58 babies got the name.
At least 1,085 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.
Yan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #6,858. The largest share of babies named Yan, 40.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Yan
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Yan ranks #2,105 of 156,621, with 16,716 people. See Yan as a last name
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