NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Van Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Van: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 29,432 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
29,432
Peak year
1954 #298
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-0.1%

In the 1950s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011283#790
2012249#854
2013255#840
2014300#778
2015273#827
2016236#917
2017236#908
2018267#836
2019257#866
2020260#868
2021265#876
2022242#944
2023255#910
2024257#913
2025236#972

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1954

TX
46
NC
44
CA
36
MS
29
PA
27
LA
24

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