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Van
Pronounced /væn/
Rank in 2024
#906
Born in 2024
257
Peak year
1953 · #294
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:10 in 2024 (#9,580)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 257 boys were named Van, about 1 in every 6,674.
- It peaked in 1953 with 572 babies, ranked #294.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 29,195 boys have been named Van since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Van per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,345 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Silent: 3,984 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 9,558 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,498 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,015 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,917 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,102 babies, 0.14 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
In the United States, usually taken from a first name or surname. In Wales, from Y Fan, see Welsh fan. ==== Proper noun ==== Van A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon. A city in Van Zandt County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia. A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia. A place in Wales: A community and suburb of Caerphilly in Caerphilly borough (OS grid ref ST1686).
- A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
- A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, and Evan.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /væn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Van, CC BY-SA 4.0.