Shaan
Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Shaan was most popular in 2009, when 113 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,288 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,741, with 64 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,507 people named Shaan.
Shaan over time
How old is the name Shaan?
Shaan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 56 years since.
How many people are named Shaan?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,507 American births named Shaan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,468 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shaan in 2025?
64 American babies were named Shaan in 2025, ranking #4,741 that year.
Is Shaan getting more or less popular?
Shaan is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 76 births a year, against 90 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -15% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Shaan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shaan is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,507 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Shaan?
Roughly 2,468 Americans named Shaan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 9 and 22.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Shaan is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org