Maan

Boys' name

Short form of Herman

Maan has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 2005. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2011, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Maan, 2024

1 in 418,000

Maan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maan: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Herman

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maan means

Maan is a short form of Herman.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Maan is used in Limburgish.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Maan is a short form of Herman. Herman has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Maan is used in Tagalog.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Herman.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Tagalog, Maan is pronounced /ˈmaʔan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 103 boys were recorded with the name Maan between 2005 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2011; its best national rank was #7,830 in 2015.

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 Maan?

Maan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 418,000; 8 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 215,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 289,633 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maan 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 2024 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 289,633 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maan was born before 2014 — so the typical Maan is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 62.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 103; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 62.1% of all recorded uses (64).

Is Maan 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2011 (10)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,830; 2015

Spellings of Maan

Maan is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 24.0% against Maan's <0.01%.

Mark24.0%1,362,176
Ryan17.0%964,123
Sean7.5%423,637
Juan6.5%365,606
Alan6.4%363,313
Mason6.0%342,583
Evan5.1%287,701
Ian4.5%257,664

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.

Maan around the world

Where Maan 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
2014–2025
#3,684
in 2025
Canada
2015–2024
#1,964
in 2024
South Australia
2004–2004
#589
in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Maan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,830; 2015
Peak year: 2011; 10 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 103
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Maan

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

Jaan Maasai Maaz Ehaan Asaan Ziaan Emaan Ezaan Imaan Iyaan Avaan Maahir Nihaan Iaan Maayan Zidaan Azhaan Jiaan Ryaan Kasaan Kayaan Kahaan Aahaan Jasaan

Sibling names for Maan

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

For a sister

Elin Lilyanna Samiyah Adelle Kamille Kyndall Lillianna Leigha

For a brother

Jadiel Amare Jorden Semaj Giovani Xzavier Jerimiah Rylee

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