Chan is a rare variant of Chana that peaked in 1982 and has since faded.
Chan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #9,885 for boy births in the United States (and #20,410 across all names), given to 7 babies. Chan was first reported in SSA data in 1919 and peaked in 1986 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,885 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,186 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,144 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,473 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,045 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,213 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,179 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,423 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,913 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,823 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,934 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,886 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,793 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,988 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,124 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,177 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,894 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,737 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,865 |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 | #16,252 | #4,851 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,782 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,508 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #12,036 | #5,976 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,109 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #9,853 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | — | #3,759 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | — | #6,590 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | — | #4,836 |
| 1994 | 29 | — | #7,699 | #3,615 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | #13,833 | #3,847 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | #12,024 | #3,629 |
| 1991 | 28 | — | #8,077 | #3,345 |
| 1990 | 32 | — | #7,393 | #2,973 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #11,075 | #2,999 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #10,582 | #3,231 |
| 1987 | 35 | — | #6,410 | #2,345 |
| 1986 | 38 | — | #5,223 | #2,302 |
| 1985 | 33 | — | #6,084 | #2,365 |
| 1984 | 33 | — | #5,258 | #2,443 |
| 1983 | 33 | — | #4,139 | #2,940 |
| 1982 | 38 | — | #4,746 | #2,214 |
| 1981 | 35 | — | #4,563 | #2,506 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | #9,263 | #2,850 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | — | #3,390 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | — | #3,090 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #3,886 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | — | #2,722 |
| 1975 | 22 | — | #9,280 | #2,458 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | — | #2,568 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | — | #2,323 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | #8,461 | #2,092 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | #8,504 | #2,476 |
| 1970 | 23 | — | — | #1,854 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | #7,628 | #1,813 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | — | #2,936 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | — | #2,369 |
| 1966 | 15 | — | — | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | — | #1,779 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,687 |
| 1963 | 18 | — | — | #1,911 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | — | #3,354 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,406 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,129 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #6,382 | #4,075 |
| 1958 | 23 | — | #3,970 | #2,278 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,852 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #5,385 | #2,176 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | — | #1,853 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | — | #2,477 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | — | #2,944 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | — | #2,703 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | — | #2,476 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #3,753 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | — | #2,910 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | — | #2,729 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | — | #2,429 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | — | #2,973 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,644 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,560 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | — | #3,018 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,054 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | — | #3,140 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,055 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,409 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | — | #3,582 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | — | #3,805 |