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Quan

#7,088 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Quan has been given to 1,464 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #7,088 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 43 recorded.

Babies named Quan, 2025

1 in 276,000

Quan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Quan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Quan means

Quan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Quan is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,425 boys were recorded with the name Quan between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1995; its best national rank was #1,643 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,179 in 2020 to #7,088 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,665 in 2015 to #7,088 in 2025.

In the United States, 39 girls were recorded with the name Quan between 1966 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1981; its best national rank was #7,338 in 1966.

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 Quan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,088
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Quan 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Quan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Quans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Quan was born before 1995 — so the typical Quan is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
24.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,425
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Choose a decade

1990s — 24.6% of all recorded uses (350).

Is Quan 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
−366
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,909
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,423
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.57×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.9%
Peak was 1995 (43)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,643
1982

Spellings of Quan

Quan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 27.1% against Quan's 0.04%.

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 Quan is used

Across 1910–2025, Quan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 289,587 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New Jersey1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

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. Quan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Quan around the world

Where Quan 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
    2007–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–1997
    #1,945
    in 1997
  • South Australia
    1986–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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.

Quan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,088
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,909
Best rank ever
#1,643
1982
Peak year
1995
43 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,425
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,338
1966
Peak year
1981
8 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
39
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Quan

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

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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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