Wan

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Yahweh is gracious, through Juan

Wan has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1955. 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 1955, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% girls, 33% boys all-time.

Babies named Wan, 1992

1 in 768,000

Wan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 1992, Wan went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19551992

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.

Wan: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh is gracious, through Juan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wan means

Wan belongs to the name family reached through Wan → Juan. Its meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”.

Origin, language, and formation

Wan is used in Carolinian.

Wan comes through Spanish Juan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Juan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Wan between 1955 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1955; its best national rank was #6,704 in 1955.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Wan between 1960 and 1960. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1960; its best national rank was #4,573 in 1960.

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 Wan?

Wan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1992: 1 in 768,000; 5 of 3,839,369 births
Among girls only: 1 in 369,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1992: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,251 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1992 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 532,251 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wan was born before 1955 — so the typical Wan is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Wan 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 1955 (5)
Years since peak: 70; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,704; 1955

Wan around the world

Where Wan 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
#5,927
in 2025
Canada
2004–2004
#2,405
in 2004
South Australia
1967–2011
#840
in 2011

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.

Wan by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,704; 1955
Peak year: 1955; 5 that year
First recorded: 1955
Last recorded: 1992
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,573; 1960
Peak year: 1960; 5 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 1960
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wan

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

Wanya Wanema Gwan Juwan Tiwan Rwan Jawan Wanzie Twan Kwan Wannell Kawan Tywan Wanesha Dewan Wanjiru Ajwan Aswan Wania Wanetah Waneeta Wannie Waneita Wandell

Sibling names for Wan

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

Romona Joycelyn Marita Roxann Meryl Roxane Jacalyn Suzan

For a brother

Leigh Hayward Burt Fritz Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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