Quan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWAHN
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Quan is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Quan come from?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Quân; also Chinese, or short for names like Daquan
More on Wiktionary.
Is Quan a girl's or a boy's name?
Quan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Quan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Quan in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
Names like Quan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brayden, Finn, Brennan, Aiden, Quinn, Kian, Brody, Declan, Dakota, Kenan, Kayden
Names related to Quan
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, “Quan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quan, updated 20 October 2026.