Meaning not yet researched.
Van: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 236 in 2025. Its best rank was #234 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #234 in 1891; #972 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Van in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#972 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #234.
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Van: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 236 boys in 2025. Peak: #234 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 573 (1954).
In 2025, 236 US boys were named Van, making it the 972nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 59 places from #913 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 257 boys named Van in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #234, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 573, in 1954. For comparison, it was #827 in 2015 and #311 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Van in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 33 babies with the name. In all, 31,194 US babies have been given the name, 5.6% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 5,280 babies named Van.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,511 US boys were named Van; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 267. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,238 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Van ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #377 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Vann, Vahan and Vane are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Vann (2,081), Vahan (211), Vane (152), Vaun (97), Vahn (66), Vahin (61), Vaune (34), Vaan (13), Vayun (7), Vayne (5).
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 Van in the open dataset we use.
Van is listed as a nickname for Sullivan.
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 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 13 | #377 | #395 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #589 | #702 |
| Arizona | 10 | #671 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #686 | #419 |
| Michigan | 10 | #764 | #806 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #837 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #841 | #548 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #889 | — |
| California | 26 | #903 | #793 |
| Maryland | 5 | #912 | #782 |
| Illinois | 9 | #927 | #887 |
| Missouri | 5 | #984 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #998 | #745 |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,006 | #1,074 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,051 | #1,088 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,065 | #664 |
| Texas | 22 | #1,067 | #776 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,207 | #906 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,238 | #1,127 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,451 | #829 |
| New York | 5 | #2,022 | #1,810 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,852 | 236 | #972 |
| 2024 | 10 | #10,211 | 257 | #913 |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,225 | 255 | #910 |
| 2022 | 6 | #15,171 | 242 | #944 |
| 2021 | 8 | #12,123 | 265 | #876 |
| 2020 | 10 | #10,199 | 260 | #868 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,693 | 257 | #866 |
| 2018 | 12 | #9,119 | 267 | #836 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,786 | 236 | #908 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,387 | 236 | #917 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,644 | 273 | #827 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,967 | 300 | #778 |
| 2013 | 13 | #9,014 | 255 | #840 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,247 | 249 | #854 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,925 | 283 | #790 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,749 | 300 | #754 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,944 | 295 | #774 |
| 2008 | — | — | 274 | #803 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,398 | 263 | #814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,879 | 214 | #908 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,878 | 174 | #994 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,857 | 153 | #1,059 |
| 2003 | 5 | #18,294 | 143 | #1,089 |
| 2002 | 16 | #7,029 | 110 | #1,242 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,946 | 97 | #1,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,142 | 84 | #1,478 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,307 | 95 | #1,292 |
| 1998 | 14 | #7,085 | 102 | #1,214 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,775 | 81 | #1,377 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,764 | 96 | #1,194 |
| 1995 | 13 | #7,024 | 78 | #1,336 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,650 | 104 | #1,112 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,249 | 102 | #1,115 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,769 | 123 | #978 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,494 | 112 | #1,024 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,117 | 138 | #877 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,326 | 138 | #859 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,479 | 130 | #835 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,273 | 144 | #769 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,969 | 150 | #743 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,136 | 143 | #745 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,339 | 124 | #779 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,838 | 160 | #677 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,148 | 131 | #773 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,924 | 142 | #727 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,389 | 152 | #706 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,226 | 161 | #674 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,673 | 148 | #690 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,227 | 157 | #677 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,673 | 146 | #688 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,464 | 152 | #671 |
| 1974 | — | — | 163 | #630 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,406 | 175 | #598 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,244 | 185 | #586 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,526 | 213 | #554 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,398 | 241 | #521 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,662 | 248 | #488 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,478 | 278 | #461 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,835 | 322 | #425 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,951 | 349 | #407 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,541 | 408 | #386 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,910 | 392 | #403 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,695 | 448 | #377 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,432 | 480 | #364 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,313 | 529 | #342 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,204 | 479 | #357 |
| 1959 | 28 | #2,189 | 505 | #346 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,748 | 449 | #365 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,413 | 459 | #355 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,041 | 471 | #343 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,104 | 547 | #313 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,692 | 573 | #298 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,511 | 572 | #294 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,665 | 535 | #310 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,926 | 497 | #313 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,946 | 482 | #311 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,638 | 510 | #300 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,964 | 494 | #307 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,224 | 569 | #289 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,312 | 567 | #265 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,737 | 466 | #279 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,390 | 293 | #350 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,551 | 255 | #383 |
| 1942 | — | — | 214 | #421 |
| 1941 | 5 | #5,037 | 220 | #388 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,408 | 176 | #438 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,575 | 182 | #422 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,923 | 218 | #381 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,925 | 194 | #404 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,143 | 172 | #428 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,562 | 182 | #406 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,280 | 184 | #414 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,856 | 216 | #368 |
| 1932 | — | — | 193 | #406 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,471 | 187 | #413 |
| 1930 | 7 | #4,014 | 219 | #387 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,731 | 190 | #429 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,419 | 223 | #402 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,687 | 209 | #418 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,560 | 220 | #403 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,639 | 227 | #397 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,833 | 234 | #398 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,341 | 192 | #439 |
| 1922 | 20 | #2,024 | 207 | #416 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,644 | 244 | #389 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,930 | 217 | #400 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,221 | 180 | #442 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,255 | 191 | #421 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,554 | 162 | #445 |
| 1916 | 10 | #3,016 | 185 | #409 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,232 | 173 | #409 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,250 | 134 | #410 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,801 | 82 | #482 |
| 1912 | — | — | 85 | #426 |
| 1911 | — | — | 53 | #394 |
| 1910 | — | — | 45 | #394 |
| 1909 | — | — | 45 | #353 |
| 1908 | — | — | 36 | #395 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,804 | 29 | #438 |
| 1906 | — | — | 25 | #455 |
| 1905 | — | — | 34 | #359 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,149 | 31 | #367 |
| 1903 | — | — | 38 | #309 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,583 | 33 | #347 |
| 1901 | — | — | 34 | #309 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,202 | 57 | #273 |
| 1899 | — | — | 32 | #314 |
| 1898 | — | — | 38 | #315 |
| 1897 | — | — | 38 | #298 |
| 1896 | — | — | 37 | #311 |
| 1895 | — | — | 34 | #315 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #318 |
| 1893 | — | — | 42 | #272 |
| 1892 | — | — | 35 | #317 |
| 1891 | — | — | 48 | #234 |
| 1890 | — | — | 27 | #343 |
| 1889 | — | — | 34 | #293 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,262 | 31 | #329 |
| 1887 | — | — | 32 | #298 |
| 1886 | — | — | 41 | #266 |
| 1885 | — | — | 38 | #273 |
| 1884 | — | — | 38 | #282 |
| 1883 | — | — | 31 | #297 |
| 1882 | — | — | 46 | #256 |
| 1881 | — | — | 32 | #285 |
| 1880 | — | — | 33 | #290 |
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).