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Tan

Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Tan first appears in the U.S. data in 1976 and has been recorded in 39 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1985 with 29 babies (rank #2,010 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

597

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1976	6	#5,526
1977	8	#4,543
1978	14	#3,055
1979	11	#3,788
1980	18	#2,719
1981	17	#2,770
1982	23	#2,261
1983	17	#2,780
1984	23	#2,282
1985	29	#2,010
1986	17	#2,995
1987	20	#2,713
1988	15	#3,508
1989	23	#2,771
1990	26	#2,619
1991	21	#3,095
1992	25	#2,815
1993	18	#3,640
1994	13	#4,761
1995	15	#4,246
1996	15	#4,374
1997	13	#4,924
1998	14	#4,841
1999	18	#4,136
2000	9	#7,335
2001	18	#4,450
2002	19	#4,306
2003	12	#6,208
2004	16	#5,218
2005	9	#8,221
2006	12	#6,856
2007	16	#5,641
2009	9	#8,907
2010	11	#7,518
2011	6	#12,096
2012	8	#9,599
2013	7	#10,596
2018	7	#10,609
2019	8	#9,637