Iwan
Iwan is a masculine given name and a surname.
Meaning & Origin of Iwan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Iwan is a masculine given name and a surname.
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The Story of Iwan
American parents first put Iwan on the record books as a baby boy name in 1958, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1958, when 5 Iwans were born — ranking #3,944 that year. About 67% of every Iwan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Iwan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Iwan
Iwan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Iwan's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #3,944. Use the chart and map above to compare Iwan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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