Luan
Luan was given to 166 boys in 2025, #1,220 among boys’ names; 1,622 Americans have been recorded with it since 1926 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,430 Americans named Luan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 3 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Luan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Luan mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Luan is “a male given name”
/ˈlwan/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Luan?
#1,220 among boys’ names, 2025
Luan rose from #4,826 in 2015 to #1,220 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 10.4 to 97.2 per million.
166 babies in 2025, the peak
Luan peaked in 2025, when 166 boys were given it, #1,220 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 111 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 166 | #1,220 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 111 | #1,569 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 90 | #1,796 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 69 | #2,145 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 60 | #2,312 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 33 | #3,383 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 52 | #2,540 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 40 | #2,975 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 33 | #3,418 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 33 | #3,406 |
Every recorded year (88)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 20 | #4,826 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 17 | #5,392 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 16 | #5,544 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 13 | #6,518 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 24 | #4,171 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 15 | #5,923 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 11 | #7,512 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 8 | #9,521 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 18 | #5,133 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 18 | #4,971 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 14 | #5,757 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 15 | #5,394 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 12 | #6,101 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 9 | #7,415 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 7 | #8,866 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 12 | #5,765 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 8 | #7,579 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 7 | #8,106 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 15 | #4,376 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 10 | #5,803 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 9 | #6,150 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 6 | #8,270 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 10 | #5,490 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 13 | #4,372 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 9 | #5,637 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 5 | #8,711 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 8 | #5,513 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 7 | #5,845 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 9 | #4,694 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 11 | #3,942 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 5 | #6,940 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 15 | #3,016 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 7 | #5,262 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 12 | #3,537 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 5 | #6,396 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 5 | #6,448 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 8 | #4,253 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 7 | #4,605 | |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,755 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,975 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,398 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,577 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,687 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,453 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,556 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,779 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,411 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,479 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,936 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,053 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,530 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,083 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,930 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,859 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,337 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,628 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,878 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,165 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,301 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,494 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,593 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,549 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,974 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,069 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,366 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,958 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,145 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,042 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,128 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,321 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,966 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,515 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,374 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,484 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,753 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,376 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,224 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,311 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Luan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,622 Americans recorded as Luan, 32% are girls and 68% boys. In 2025 it went to 166 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Luan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Luan, and how old are they?
1,430 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 1,622 Americans ever recorded as Luan. The median Luan alive today is 12 years old; half are between 3 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 3,619 people named Luan (874 women and girls, 2,745 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 964 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 40 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 266 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 66 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 118 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 203 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 735 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,782 babies since 1880, Luan is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 166 of their 174 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Luan and names like it
- Compare Luan and LuianBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLuan peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Luan since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Luan: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Luan.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Luan alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.