Loan: boy name in Québec, 2025 rank

Loan year by year

Loan drops 5 places from 2024 (ranked 216th then). Since 2020 (18 babies), the number of babies has risen by 39%.

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	221st	25
2024	216th	24
2023	205th	28
2022	259th	22
2021	254th	24
2020	309th	18

Rank among boy names in Retraite Québec’s full list (names given to at least 5 babies).

Loan since 1980

Curve: every birth with this name, girls and boys together, from the Données Québec name bank. Years with fewer than 5 babies are drawn at zero.

Loan appears in the bank (at least 5 babies) from 2005 on. The peak year is 2017, with 30 babies. The strongest decade is the 2010s (218 babies). Since 1980, about 416 children in Québec have been named Loan.

Neighbouring names in the 2025 ranking

The boy names just above and just below in the 2025 list.

Frequently asked questions

How many babies were named Loan in Québec in 2025?

25 boys were named Loan in 2025, according to Retraite Québec’s name bank. That is the 221st rank among boy names.

Is Loan a popular name in Québec?

Loan ranks 221st among boy names in 2025, within the top 250.

When was Loan given most often?

In 2017, with 30 babies, counting every birth with this name since 1980.

Is Loan a unisex name?

In Retraite Québec’s list, Loan only appears as a boy name (at least 5 babies a year).

Where these numbers come from

Rank and number of babies by sex come from the full list of Retraite Québec’s name bank, which covers children eligible for the Family Allowance: nearly every child born in Québec. Names are published in capitals without accents; we add the usual spelling. The curve since 1980 comes from the open files of Données Québec, which count every birth with a name, girls and boys together.

Sources : Retraite Québec : Banque de prénoms, liste complète · Données Québec : Banque de prénoms, filles · Données Québec : Banque de prénoms, garçons

Retraite Québec data as of October 1, 2026.

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