Shan is an uncommon variant of Shawn that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Shan is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Shan was first reported in SSA data in 1944 and peaked in 1969 (73 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,731 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,608 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,101 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,915 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,430 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,758 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,057 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,025 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | #18,456 | #3,971 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,621 |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,259 |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,945 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,226 |
| 2011 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,480 |
| 2010 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,215 |
| 2009 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,899 |
| 2008 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,724 |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,771 |
| 2006 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,145 |
| 2005 | 36 | 36 | #18,708 | #3,306 |
| 2004 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,003 |
| 2003 | 47 | 47 | #13,602 | #2,572 |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,080 |
| 2001 | 34 | 34 | #17,513 | #3,132 |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,518 |
| 1999 | 38 | 38 | #12,451 | #2,782 |
| 1998 | 31 | 31 | — | #2,699 |
| 1997 | 43 | — | #13,433 | #2,302 |
| 1996 | 28 | — | — | #2,737 |
| 1995 | 32 | — | — | #2,434 |
| 1994 | 45 | — | #11,561 | #2,172 |
| 1993 | 39 | — | — | #2,083 |
| 1992 | 47 | — | #10,300 | #2,036 |
| 1991 | 54 | — | #12,827 | #1,718 |
| 1990 | 44 | — | #14,827 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 62 | — | #8,622 | #1,545 |
| 1988 | 36 | — | #11,511 | #2,130 |
| 1987 | 52 | — | #8,603 | #1,608 |
| 1986 | 43 | — | #6,508 | #1,914 |
| 1985 | 35 | — | #12,130 | #1,962 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | #8,006 | #2,515 |
| 1983 | 30 | — | #8,802 | #2,264 |
| 1982 | 43 | — | #5,470 | #1,882 |
| 1981 | 41 | — | #7,283 | #1,804 |
| 1980 | 55 | — | #5,842 | #1,469 |
| 1979 | 61 | — | #5,353 | #1,350 |
| 1978 | 64 | — | #4,881 | #1,284 |
| 1977 | 63 | — | #4,606 | #1,311 |
| 1976 | 63 | — | #3,928 | #1,315 |
| 1975 | 75 | — | #3,036 | #1,190 |
| 1974 | 72 | — | #2,987 | #1,213 |
| 1973 | 89 | — | #2,671 | #1,033 |
| 1972 | 99 | — | #2,166 | #1,021 |
| 1971 | 88 | — | #2,932 | #1,023 |
| 1970 | 105 | — | #1,929 | #1,060 |
| 1969 | 98 | — | #2,692 | #898 |
| 1968 | 89 | — | #2,238 | #955 |
| 1967 | 73 | — | #2,158 | #1,161 |
| 1966 | 70 | — | #2,241 | #1,177 |
| 1965 | 71 | — | #2,147 | #1,221 |
| 1964 | 54 | — | #2,339 | #1,573 |
| 1963 | 37 | — | #2,763 | #2,103 |
| 1962 | 32 | — | #3,272 | #2,103 |
| 1961 | 45 | — | #2,347 | #1,991 |
| 1960 | 31 | — | #3,189 | #2,193 |
| 1959 | 32 | — | #2,848 | #2,283 |
| 1958 | 46 | — | #2,016 | #2,160 |
| 1957 | 36 | — | #2,407 | #2,361 |
| 1956 | 39 | — | #2,310 | #2,157 |
| 1955 | 37 | — | #2,328 | #2,209 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | #4,592 | #2,917 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | #3,445 | #3,110 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | #3,752 | #3,332 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #3,260 | — |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,633 | — |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,974 | — |
| 1948 | 12 | — | #3,110 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,971 | — |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #3,187 | — |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #4,493 | #3,839 |