Meaning not yet researched.
Luan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 166 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,220 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Luan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,220 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Luan: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 166 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,220 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 166 (2025).
In 2025, 166 US boys were named Luan, making it the 1,220th most common boys’ name of the year, up 349 places from #1,569 in 2024. That is 55 more than the 111 boys named Luan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,220, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 166. For comparison, it was #4,828 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Luan in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,860, reached in 1954. That year also had the most girls given the name: 32. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #4,167 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Luan in 88 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1926 with 5 babies. In all, 1,622 US babies have been given the name, 32% of them girls and 68% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 529 babies named Luan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 687 US boys were named Luan; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 166. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,290 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Luan ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #674 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Luann (15,512 babies since 1880), Lon (9,856 babies since 1880), Luanne (8,617 babies since 1880) and Louann (5,197 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Luan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 7 | #674 | — |
| New Jersey | 9 | #742 | — |
| Florida | 20 | #768 | — |
| New York | 15 | #901 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #919 | — |
| Texas | 23 | #1,030 | — |
| California | 20 | #1,069 | #2,787 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,098 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,208 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,356 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,472 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 166 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | — | — | 111 | #1,569 |
| 2023 | — | — | 90 | #1,796 |
| 2022 | — | — | 69 | #2,146 |
| 2021 | — | — | 60 | #2,313 |
| 2020 | — | — | 33 | #3,385 |
| 2019 | — | — | 52 | #2,541 |
| 2018 | — | — | 40 | #2,977 |
| 2017 | — | — | 33 | #3,421 |
| 2016 | — | — | 33 | #3,407 |
| 2015 | — | — | 20 | #4,828 |
| 2014 | — | — | 17 | #5,396 |
| 2013 | — | — | 16 | #5,548 |
| 2012 | — | — | 13 | #6,524 |
| 2011 | — | — | 24 | #4,173 |
| 2010 | — | — | 15 | #5,927 |
| 2009 | — | — | 11 | #7,517 |
| 2008 | — | — | 8 | #9,528 |
| 2007 | — | — | 18 | #5,136 |
| 2006 | — | — | 18 | #4,975 |
| 2005 | — | — | 14 | #5,763 |
| 2004 | — | — | 15 | #5,399 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #6,108 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,422 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #8,873 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,773 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,586 |
| 1998 | — | — | 7 | #8,114 |
| 1997 | — | — | 15 | #4,381 |
| 1996 | — | — | 10 | #5,810 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,156 |
| 1993 | — | — | 6 | #8,276 |
| 1992 | — | — | 10 | #5,497 |
| 1991 | — | — | 13 | #4,379 |
| 1990 | — | — | 9 | #5,644 |
| 1989 | — | — | 5 | #8,719 |
| 1988 | — | — | 8 | #5,519 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #5,852 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,698 |
| 1985 | — | — | 11 | #3,946 |
| 1984 | — | — | 5 | #6,944 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #3,017 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,264 |
| 1980 | — | — | 12 | #3,538 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,399 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,450 |
| 1976 | — | — | 8 | #4,255 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,607 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,757 | — | — |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,977 | — | — |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,399 | — | — |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,578 | — | — |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,688 | — | — |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,454 | — | — |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,557 | — | — |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,780 | — | — |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,412 | — | — |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,480 | — | — |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,937 | — | — |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,054 | — | — |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,531 | — | — |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,084 | — | — |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,931 | — | — |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,860 | — | — |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,338 | — | — |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,629 | — | — |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,879 | — | — |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,167 | — | — |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,302 | — | — |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,496 | — | — |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,595 | — | — |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,550 | — | — |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,976 | — | — |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,071 | — | — |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,367 | — | — |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,960 | — | — |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,147 | — | — |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,044 | — | — |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,130 | — | — |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,322 | — | — |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,968 | — | — |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,516 | — | — |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,375 | — | — |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,485 | — | — |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,755 | — | — |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,378 | — | — |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,226 | — | — |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,313 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).