Given name
Sapan
“a dream or vision”
Sapan is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a dream or vision.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a dream or vision.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sapan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 24 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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