Luan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Luan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Luan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #154 in 2022, and it stood at #348 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#154highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1998

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #256 among boys in Northern Ireland, #267 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #727 among boys in Scotland, #737 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2024
Highest recorded position: #154 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2015–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #348 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Luan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 491 births with the name.

Luan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Luan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#579 (2023)	#737 (2024)	28 of 29	491 (1996–2024)	64 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#235 (2023)	#348 (2025)	16 of 25	174 (2001–2025)	20 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2015)	#154 (2022)	#256 (2024)	9 of 10	75 (2015–2024)	15 (2021)

Luan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Luan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	175	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	236	5 of 10	47

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 47 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 32, from 28 to 60.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Luan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Luan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#737	47	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#579	64	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#844	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#618	60	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#993	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1074	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#256	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#181	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#154	15	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#158	15	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	16	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	19	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	19	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	20	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #154, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Luanna · #3848, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kit · #154, 30y
Alayna · #153, 30y
Lennon · #153, 31y
Scarlet · #155, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kit · #154, 30y
Alayna · #153, 30y
Scarlet · #155, 29y
Xander · #153, 27y

Luan was ranked #154 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Luan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Luan without appearing here.

Luan moved ahead of

Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3039 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1074 and #4747.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #4678.
Malin Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #3849.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2126 and #4527.

Moved ahead of Luan

Albie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #235 and #243 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #267 and #183.
Brodie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #239 and #271 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #251 and #192.

Moved the opposite way to Luan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Luan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luan went from #2863 to #737 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Luan

Luan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Luan across 3 official records

Luan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Luan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Luan at a glance

Luan across 3 official records

Luan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Luan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Luan

Luan and the names beside it

Luan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Luan

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