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Luan

#1,220 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Lion

Luan has been given to 1,622 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,220 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 166 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Luan, 2025

1 in 20,000

Luan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Luan over time

In 2025, Luan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19262025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Luan: meaning, origin, and history

Lion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Luan means

Luan means “lion”.

Origin, language, and formation

Luan is used in Albanian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Luan is pronounced /luˈɐ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,107 boys were recorded with the name Luan between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 166 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,220 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,383 in 2020 to #1,220 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,826 in 2015 to #1,220 in 2025.

In the United States, 515 girls were recorded with the name Luan between 1926 and 1969. Its highest annual count was 32 in 1954; its best national rank was #1,859 in 1954.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Luan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,000
166 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,220
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,844 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Luan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 13,844 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Luan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Luans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Luan was born before 2019 — so the typical Luan is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
47.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,107
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 47.8% of all recorded uses (529).

Is Luan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+349
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,163
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,606
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
8.30×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (166)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,220
2025

Spellings of Luan

Luan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 16.6% against Luan's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Luan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Luan was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 24,673 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 10,000
  2. 2New York1 in 12,500
  3. 3Florida1 in 14,286
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 16,667
  5. 5California1 in 25,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 25,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  8. 8Colorado1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Luan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Luan was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,115,062 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Luan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Luan around the world

Where Luan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #556
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2022–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2015–2025
    #270
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2001–2025
    #348
    in 2025
  • France
    1971–2025
    #1,090
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2012–2024
    #1,105
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1959–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Luan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,220
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,163
Best rank ever
#1,220
2025
Peak year
2025
166 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,107
Count in 2025
166

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,859
1954
Peak year
1954
32 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
1969
All-time count
515
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Luan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Luan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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