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Shan

Rank in 2024
#9,106
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1969 · #894
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 8 boys were named Shan, about 1 in every 214,414.
  • It peaked in 1969 with 73 babies, ranked #894.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1944.
  • 2,224 boys have been named Shan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Shan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 186 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 838 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 557 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 482 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 156 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Wiktionary has no English entry for Shan yet, so we don’t show a meaning rather than guess one.

From Wiktionary’s entry for Shan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Sean

    Rank
    #436
    Born '24
    726
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 19902024
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    Zyan

    Rank
    #1,243
    Born '24
    159
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
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    Cian

    Rank
    #1,535
    Born '24
    115
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20072024
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    Shaun

    Rank
    #1,566
    Born '24
    110
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 19782024
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    Shayan

    Rank
    #1,746
    Born '24
    94
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Shaan

    Rank
    #2,075
    Born '24
    72
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20092024