Tuan — boys' name
1,417 babies named Tuan in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Tuan was born in this single decade.
93 babies were named Tuan in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tuan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,417 babies named Tuan between 1971 and 2021, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tuan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 93 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tuan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 710 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tuan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 377 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Tuan in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tuan 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 1,417 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.
Tuan at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tuan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1971
- Peak year (1982)
- 93
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
1,417 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 93 births in a single year.
Tuan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 710 births that decade — 50% of Tuan's all-time total
Tuan decade highlights
- Peak decade 710 births
- Runner-up 303 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tuan's strongest decade
710 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Tuan by state
Where Tuan concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 377 | 26.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 137 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 96 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Kansas | | 15 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
377 of 1,417 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 26.6% of nationwide
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 6.8% of nationwide
- Kansas 1.1% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1971–2021 (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.