Lan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAHN
- Origin
- Chinese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Lan is a boys' name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Lan come from?
Chinese: Chinese and Vietnamese; meaning depends on the character, often 'orchid'
Is Lan a girl's or a boy's name?
Lan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Lan, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1981, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Lan in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1994, 82% of the babies named Lan in the US were girls.
Lan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
Names like Lan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brennan Conan Kenan Keenan Declan Finn Logan Ronan Brayden Finnegan Kellan
Names related to Lan
More Chinese names
Jia Mei Tai Tian Jun Mulan Yi Tao San Jian Han Mian Bao Xia Lin Yichen
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lan, updated 20 October 2026.