Recorded 1979–2019 Boys' name Peak 1988 361 births

Nhan — boys' name

361 babies named Nhan in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s1261990s992000s722010s59
1980s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Nhan was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

19 babies were named Nhan in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nhan

The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Nhan between 1979 and 2019, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nhan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nhan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nhan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nhan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nhan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 361 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Nhan at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

361

Since 1979

41 years of records

Peak year

1988

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1979

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2019

Nhan popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1979

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1988)
19
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
05101520 201920132008200219971992198719821979 5

Nhan popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1985 (Nhan as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1985 5

Nhan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
126 births that decade — 35% of Nhan's all-time total
1970s51980s1261990s992000s722010s59

Nhan by state

Where Nhan concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nhan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
49 13.6%
California share of Nhan's total US births 13.6%

49 of 361 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nhan?
361 babies have been named Nhan since 1979. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1988 with 19 births.
When was Nhan most popular?
Nhan was most popular in the 1980s decade with 126 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
Where is Nhan most popular?
The top states for the name Nhan are California (49 births).
How long has the name Nhan been used?
Nhan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 41 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Nhan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nhat, Nha. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.