Ngan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NGAHN
- Origin
- Vietnamese
Ngan is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “silver”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ngan mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Ngân, tone marks dropped
“silver”
Ngân is common in Vietnamese girls' names, for example Kim Ngân, meaning gold and silver.
Is Ngan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ngan is a girls' name.
How popular is Ngan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Ngan in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ngan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
Names like Ngan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynn, Keegan, Cassidy, Regan, Devyn, Kaitlyn, Rhiannon, Kerrigan, Reagan, Tegan, Bree
More Vietnamese names
An, Minh, Anh, Vy, Khoi, Khang, Ngoc, Can, Nhi, Nam, Thang, Khoa, Vinh, Phuong, Nguyen, Liem
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, “Ngan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ngan, updated 20 October 2026.