How Many People Are Named Lan?
people named Lan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 328,955 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,087 babies named Lan in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese ๅ ฐ (lรกn) meaning "orchid, elegant" (which is usually only feminine) or ๅฒ (lรกn) meaning "mountain mist". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well. As a Vietnamese name, it is derived from Sino-Vietnamese ่ญ meaning "orchid".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lan, 72% were girls and 28% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 71.9% of the babies were girls then and 74.8% in the 2000s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Lan alive today is about 35 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 43 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Lan first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1981, to 62 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Lan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,170, in 1982. Among boys, its best rank was #2,543, in 1981.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | #9,368 |
| Best rank | #2,170 (1982) | #2,543 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,853 in the 1980s | #3,919 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Lan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lan were born in California than in any other state: about 179 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lan was given about 5.5 times as often in California.
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