Shaan — #2083 US boys' name
2,443 babies named Shaan in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Shaan was born in this single decade.
113 babies were named Shaan in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,443 babies named Shaan between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaan currently holds the #2083 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 113 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 882 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 472 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaan in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaan 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 2,443 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.
Shaan at a glance
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Current rank
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Shaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2009)
- 113
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #2083 among boys.
2,443 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 113 births in a single year.
Shaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 882 births that decade — 36% of Shaan's all-time total
Shaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 882 births
- Runner-up 786 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Shaan's strongest decade
882 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Shaan by state
Where Shaan concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 472 | 19.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 209 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 187 | 7.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 182 | 7.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 149 | 6.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 45 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 38 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 34 | 1.4% |
472 of 2,443 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 8.6% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- New York 7.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shaan appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2024 (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.