Wan — unisex name
10 babies named Wan in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Wan was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Wan in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wan
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Wan between 1955 and 1992, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Wan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1960.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wan performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wan 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 10 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.
Wan at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1955
- Peak year (1955)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
10 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 5 births in a single year.
Wan popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1960 (Wan as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Wan accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Wan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Wan's all-time total
Wan decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Wan's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1955–1992 (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.