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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Yan

Used in both girl and boy records

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

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Yan 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 RECORDYan as a girl’s nameUS records 1983–2017
#22803girl rank2000peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDYan as a boy’s nameUS records 1971–2024
#3337boy rank2002peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Yan 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
Girl200011 uses#853120001983–201716 listed years
Boy201735 uses#295519841971–202042 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.