Chan
Boy · CHAN · Chinese
Chan is a boys' name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Chan come from?
Chinese: used in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Cambodian families
- Say it
- CHAN
Is Chan a girl's or a boy's name?
Chan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Chan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1986, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Chan in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1990, 34% of the babies named Chan in the US were girls.
Chan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
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