How Many People Are Named Van?
people named Van are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,161 people in the US has this name
Based on 31,194 babies named Van in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
591 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Sino-Vietnamese ้ฒ (vรขn) meaning "cloud".
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 Van, 6.9% were girls and 93.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 1.7% of the babies were girls then and 3.7% in the 2020s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Van alive today is about 45 years old, and 40% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 18 and 68 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Van first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1953, to 591 babies. In 2025, 244 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Van has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #234, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #972.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #972 |
| Best rank | #234 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #331 in the 1950s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Van alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Van were born in California than in any other state: about 1,853 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Van was given 3.1 times as often in Mississippi, 2.5 times in Arkansas and 2.5 times in Utah.
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