Van

What Van means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Van yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #970 vs #5,137 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Van?

US: Falling: down from #827 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 1891, when 48 boys got the name (#233 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 7,238 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 90,645 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.66 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.42 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.36 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Van is #970 in the US and #5137 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.7% of US babies named Van were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Von68 US
• Vann24 US
• Vonn14 US
• Fin11 US · 3 E&W
• Vahn8 US
• Vin7 US
• Vaan6 US
• Vaun5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• VAN

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Van

Boys

• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Kingston#204Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Lyla#80Editor’s note Up from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Evangeline#147“good news”^*
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Stella#52“star”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Van’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.