Shan
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1969
73 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
3,088
since 1944
Born a Shan? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shan was most popular in 1969, when 73 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.04 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shan in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 34%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 8 | 8987 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 8 | 8921 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 15 | 5874 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 7 | 9554 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 9 | 8215 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 12 | 6703 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 15 | 5788 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16215 | 27 | 3883 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 9 | 8040 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 14 | 5997 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 26 | 3864 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 24 | 4131 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 22 | 4356 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 24 | 4099 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 27 | 3831 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 29 | 3646 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 20 | 4640 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 35 | 3083 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | 31 | 3241 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 34 | 2953 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12408 | 40 | 2545 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 30 | 3022 |
| 2001 | 5 | 15352 | 29 | 3061 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 38 | 2476 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | 31 | 2722 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 31 | 2651 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | 37 | 2260 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 28 | 2679 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 32 | 2400 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | 38 | 2123 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 39 | 2050 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | 39 | 2002 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 48 | 1699 |
| 1990 | 5 | 12958 | 39 | 1946 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8037 | 53 | 1537 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10386 | 30 | 2090 |
| 1987 | 8 | 7987 | 44 | 1587 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6156 | 32 | 1873 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | 30 | 1916 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | 20 | 2437 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8047 | 23 | 2208 |
| 1982 | 13 | 5209 | 30 | 1850 |
| 1981 | 9 | 6804 | 32 | 1766 |
| 1980 | 12 | 5544 | 43 | 1449 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5092 | 48 | 1340 |
| 1978 | 14 | 4679 | 50 | 1272 |
| 1977 | 15 | 4425 | 48 | 1289 |
| 1976 | 17 | 3812 | 46 | 1304 |
| 1975 | 24 | 2969 | 51 | 1181 |
| 1974 | 24 | 2922 | 48 | 1198 |
| 1973 | 27 | 2629 | 62 | 1023 |
| 1972 | 36 | 2135 | 63 | 1014 |
| 1971 | 24 | 2874 | 64 | 1014 |
| 1970 | 45 | 1904 | 60 | 1051 |
| 1969 | 25 | 2645 | 73 | 893 |
| 1968 | 30 | 2205 | 59 | 946 |
| 1967 | 31 | 2117 | 42 | 1150 |
| 1966 | 29 | 2191 | 41 | 1164 |
| 1965 | 31 | 2110 | 40 | 1206 |
| 1964 | 28 | 2306 | 26 | 1545 |
| 1963 | 21 | 2704 | 16 | 2044 |
| 1962 | 16 | 3161 | 16 | 2035 |
| 1961 | 27 | 2299 | 18 | 1948 |
| 1960 | 16 | 3095 | 15 | 2121 |
| 1959 | 18 | 2760 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1958 | 31 | 1985 | 15 | 2093 |
| 1957 | 23 | 2347 | 13 | 2274 |
| 1956 | 24 | 2249 | 15 | 2091 |
| 1955 | 23 | 2280 | 14 | 2139 |
| 1954 | 8 | 4278 | 9 | 2743 |
| 1953 | 12 | 3269 | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | 10 | 3552 | 7 | 3095 |
| 1951 | 12 | 3106 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 10 | 3423 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 13 | 2850 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 12 | 2974 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | 3706 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 11 | 3034 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | 5 | 3430 |
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Recorded as girls 28% · boys 72% across all years