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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Lan

Used in both girl and boy records

Lan appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Lan by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDLan as a girl’s nameUS records 1972–2019
#7635girl rank1982peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDLan as a boy’s nameUS records 1948–2024
#8748boy rank1985peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Lan in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl198247 uses#215019821972–201944 listed years
Boy198119 uses#249619811948–201939 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.