Data through 2025

Ian name popularity in the United States

Ian ranked #83 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 3,924 boys named Ian.

Rank#83

for boys in 2025

Boys recorded3,924

SSA

Peak year2005

6,688 recorded

Five-year change-8.0%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Ian for boys and girls

Girls

8

0.2% in 2025 · data from 1940 to 2025

Boys

3,924

99.8% in 2025 · data from 1912 to 2025

Ian in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys3,924#83
2025girls8#10917
2024boys4,560#74
2024girls8#11122
2023boys4,555#69
2023girls10#9616
2022boys4,505#72
2022girls8#11231
2021boys4,302#81
2021girls7#12206
2020boys4,267#83
2020girls12#8406
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YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys3,924#83
2025girls8#10917
2024boys4,560#74
2024girls8#11122
2023boys4,555#69
2023girls10#9616
2022boys4,505#72
2022girls8#11231
2021boys4,302#81
2021girls7#12206
2020boys4,267#83
2020girls12#8406
2019boys4,551#81
2019girls7#12448
2018boys4,706#79
2018girls6#13793
2017boys5,033#76
2017girls10#9943
2016boys5,079#78
2016girls9#10859
2015boys5,332#76
2015girls13#8447
2014boys5,461#77
2014girls6#14558
2013boys5,434#80
2012boys5,696#78
2012girls9#11257
2011boys5,620#72
2011girls14#8196
2010boys5,563#72
2009boys5,807#73
2009girls5#17294
2008boys5,723#80
2008girls8#12579
2007boys6,250#75
2007girls12#9539
2006boys6,154#80
2006girls12#9286
2005boys6,688#68
2005girls16#7138
2004boys6,507#69
2004girls24#5208
2003boys6,466#65
2003girls14#7580
2002boys6,360#67
2002girls8#11108
2001boys6,084#70
2001girls16#6619
2000boys5,886#73
2000girls6#13154
1999boys5,450#72
1999girls12#7716
1998boys5,353#73
1998girls12#7532
1997boys5,211#70
1997girls7#10836
1996boys5,411#70
1996girls16#5771
1995boys5,594#67
1995girls7#10514
1994boys5,267#74
1994girls7#10569
1993boys5,399#70
1993girls19#4998
1992boys5,536#68
1992girls10#8065
1991boys5,326#73
1991girls26#3936
1990boys5,460#70
1990girls30#3523
1989boys4,948#68
1989girls29#3477
1988boys4,315#77
1988girls33#3039
1987boys3,924#81
1987girls20#4122
1986boys3,713#85
1986girls35#2724
1985boys3,998#78
1985girls31#2939
1984boys3,796#78
1984girls30#2915
1983boys3,665#77
1983girls24#3340
1982boys3,574#83
1982girls29#3017
1981boys2,928#101
1981girls12#5571
1980boys2,909#104
1980girls19#3992
1979boys2,554#107
1979girls15#4626
1978boys2,172#117
1978girls17#4079
1977boys2,287#119
1977girls14#4652
1976boys1,936#135
1976girls21#3287
1975boys1,717#144
1975girls16#3950
1974boys1,653#148
1974girls17#3695
1973boys1,302#180
1973girls10#5191
1972boys1,248#189
1972girls12#4523
1971boys1,201#202
1971girls8#6006
1970boys1,116#222
1970girls5#7995
1969boys828#253
1969girls5#7471
1968boys716#276
1968girls8#5147
1967boys771#260
1966boys620#297
1965boys488#345
1965girls6#5817
1964boys429#383
1963boys360#423
1962boys281#473
1961boys242#510
1960boys242#510
1959boys208#542
1958boys205#537
1957boys213#531
1956boys194#539
1955boys175#555
1954boys171#558
1953boys157#569
1952boys120#640
1951boys104#682
1950boys123#621
1949boys102#678
1948boys87#717
1947boys111#656
1946boys85#704
1945boys64#767
1944boys68#754
1943boys64#824
1942boys80#718
1941boys62#798
1940boys56#841
1940girls5#4349
1939boys61#776
1938boys49#897
1937boys50#869
1936boys44#924
1935boys45#940
1934boys41#1007
1933boys27#1281
1932boys40#1056
1931boys43#1015
1930boys45#1021
1929boys31#1272
1928boys40#1111
1927boys27#1436
1926boys24#1515
1925boys19#1806
1924boys28#1414
1923boys22#1644
1922boys9#3014
1921boys15#2152
1920boys10#2765
1919boys9#2877
1918boys11#2543
1917boys19#1693
1916boys15#1949
1915boys15#1878
1914boys10#2101
1913boys7#2273
1912boys6#2269

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Ian’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change-26.4%
Change since peak-41.3%