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How popular is the name Xan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Xans are alive today.
Xan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Shaan in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3830th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Shaan you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Shaans born in England and Wales are between 9 and 24, and there are at least 1,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shaan - on average, only one in every 253 such rooms contains a Shaan.
How many babies are named Xan each year?
Includes all spellings: Xan, Shaan, Tion. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Xan spelling rank?
Where does the Shaan spelling rank?
Where does the Tion spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Xan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Shaan, peaked in 2010, when 56 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Xan spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Xan?
At least 1,200 people named Xan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Xan?
Most living Xans are between 9 and 24; the most common age is about 16.
Is Xan becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.