How Many People Are Named Shan?
people named Shan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 121,588 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,088 babies named Shan in Social Security records from 1944 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
105 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of SIÂN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shan, 27.3% were girls and 72.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shan fell from 64.3% in the 1950s to 2.7% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shan alive today is about 43 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shan first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1970, to 105 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Shan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #898, in 1969. Among girls, its best rank was #1,929, in 1970.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #898 (1969) | #1,929 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,148 in the 1970s | #2,460 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shan were born in California than in any other state: about 220 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shan was given 3.9 times as often in California, 2.4 times in Texas and 1.5 times in New York.
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