Lan

Girl · recorded 1972–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1982best year

Most popular in 1982.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lan.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1972

0142819721984199620072019

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 44 recorded years as a table
Lan, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19726
19759
19768
197710
197818
197912
198019
198126
198228
198326
198423
198516
198617
198717
198811
198912
199013
199117
199213
199310
199415
19958
19967
19977
19985
19997
200012
20016
20024
20033
20045
20054
20065
20087
20094
20105
20113
20127
20134
20143
20153
20163
20183
20193

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
5
Rank in 2019
#15,539
How rare
1 in 335,673 girls
Since 1972
769

Lan was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1982, at 28 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.