How Many People Are Named Chan?
people named Chan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 318,829 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,247 babies named Chan in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
38 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "moon" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Chan, 18.9% were girls and 81.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 19.4% of the babies were girls then and 10.4% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chan alive today is about 40 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chan first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1982, to 38 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,778, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #9,881. Among girls, its best rank was #3,969, in 1958.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,881 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,778 (1965) | #3,969 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,602 in the 1980s | #5,989 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chan were born in California than in any other state: about 125 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chan was given about 6.7 times as often in California.
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