Loan
Meaning
a mythical phoenix-like bird, the luan; unrelated to the English word it happens to resemble
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Loan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
643 people · the #11,238 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 20
Among people named Loan living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 101 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Loan
Most people given the name Loan in the United States were born between 1980 and 1999. The Loan you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Loan deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Loan truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Loan fits with your family’s names and surname.
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