Kwan
Boy · KWAHN
Kwan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Kwan come from?
Several possible sources, including the Chinese surname Kwan (Guan) and Korean Gwan
- Say it
- KWAHN
Is Kwan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kwan 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 Kwan 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 Kwan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had more boys named Kwan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kwan in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kwan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Kwan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kwame Om Omari Keegan Obi Kobe Ayomide Tobin Ewan Kenan Atom Slade