How Many People Are Named Luan?
An estimated 1,226 people in the United States have the first name Luan. It is used for both genders, with 64.6% male. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Luan peaked in popularity in 2024 with 111 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Luan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Luan paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Luan has shifted from predominantly female to increasingly male in recent decades.
- Luan is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
1,226
About 1 in 279,571 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
64.6% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
2024
111 births
Total Registered
1,456
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Luan
Luan is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (64.6%) and females (35.4%). Out of 1,456 total births registered, 941 were male and 515 were female.
Luan as a male name
Ranked #1,563 in 2024
111 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (111 births)
Luan as a female name
Ranked #5,757 in 1969
8 female births in 1969
Peak: 1954 (32 births)
Luan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Luan span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 363 babies were registered. Luan remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Luan by Decade
How has Luan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Luan by State
Birth registrations for Luan span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Florida. The lowest are in Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois. On average, about 27 Luans were registered per state.
Luan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Luan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Luan
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Luan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Luan?
We estimate approximately 1,226 people named Luan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 279,571 Americans share this first name.
Is Luan a common name?
Luan is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,456 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Luan most popular?
Luan reached peak popularity in 2024, when 111 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Luan is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Luan a male name?
Luan is predominantly male. 64.6% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Luan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Luan Smith, Luan Johnson, Luan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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