Meaning not yet researched.
Ian: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,924 in 2025. Its best rank was #65 in 2003.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #65 in 2003; #83 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Ian in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#83 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2003, at #65.
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Ian: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,924 boys in 2025. Peak: #65 in 2003 · most boys in one year: 6,688 (2005).
In 2025, 3,924 US boys were named Ian, making it the 83rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 8 places from #75 in 2024. That is 636 fewer than the 4,560 boys named Ian in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #65, reached in 2003. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,688, in 2005. For comparison, it was #76 in 2015 and #622 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ian in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 6 babies. In all, 258,479 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 62,046 babies named Ian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 45,482 US boys were named Ian; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,079. In 2025 that was about 1 in 435 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ian ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #50 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 21 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include John (5,204,377 babies since 1880), Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Joan (488,939 babies since 1880) and Jean (483,475 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Iann, Eion and Euan are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to John.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Iann (591), Eion (536), Euan (472), Ehan (435), Eon (417), Iyan (356), Eun (290), Ein (227), Ihan (219), Ioane (208), Iaan (134), Eann (123), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 176 | #50 | #74 |
| Maryland | 97 | #55 | #81 |
| New Mexico | 27 | #62 | #78 |
| Texas | 575 | #63 | #51 |
| California | 545 | #64 | #55 |
| New York | 246 | #68 | #78 |
| Florida | 281 | #70 | #78 |
| Colorado | 87 | #73 | #87 |
| Georgia | 142 | #77 | #95 |
| Iowa | 43 | #77 | #108 |
| North Carolina | 149 | #79 | #88 |
| Washington | 92 | #80 | #85 |
| Nevada | 37 | #80 | #81 |
| Minnesota | 72 | #81 | #89 |
| Arizona | 96 | #86 | #57 |
| Virginia | 98 | #88 | #77 |
| South Carolina | 54 | #94 | #119 |
| Utah | 53 | #94 | #92 |
| Nebraska | 26 | #95 | #81 |
| Oregon | 40 | #96 | #108 |
| Hawaii | 10 | #97 | #59 |
| Tennessee | 88 | #101 | #87 |
| Oklahoma | 44 | #105 | #89 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #105 | #160 |
| Illinois | 112 | #106 | #79 |
| Alabama | 50 | #106 | #139 |
| Louisiana | 46 | #112 | #91 |
| Massachusetts | 59 | #122 | #101 |
| Wisconsin | 49 | #127 | #90 |
| Connecticut | 29 | #129 | #84 |
| Kansas | 30 | #133 | #85 |
| Indiana | 61 | #136 | #98 |
| Ohio | 92 | #149 | #114 |
| Delaware | 7 | #150 | #45 |
| Arkansas | 23 | #161 | #94 |
| Idaho | 17 | #163 | #118 |
| Pennsylvania | 79 | #165 | #97 |
| Missouri | 41 | #174 | #120 |
| Michigan | 58 | #175 | #100 |
| Mississippi | 17 | #185 | #138 |
| Kentucky | 29 | #195 | #89 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #204 | #76 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #247 | #96 |
| Montana | 5 | #254 | #152 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #346 | #122 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,297 | 3,924 | #83 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,494 | 4,560 | #75 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,874 | 4,555 | #69 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,604 | 4,505 | #72 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,700 | 4,302 | #81 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,608 | 4,267 | #83 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,966 | 4,551 | #81 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,491 | 4,706 | #79 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,242 | 5,033 | #76 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,207 | 5,079 | #78 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,638 | 5,332 | #76 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,324 | 5,461 | #77 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5,434 | #80 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,627 | 5,696 | #78 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,353 | 5,620 | #72 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5,563 | #72 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,352 | 5,807 | #73 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,042 | 5,723 | #80 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,772 | 6,250 | #75 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,517 | 6,154 | #80 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,268 | 6,688 | #68 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,268 | 6,507 | #69 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,731 | 6,466 | #65 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,501 | 6,360 | #67 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,737 | 6,084 | #70 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,795 | 5,886 | #73 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,896 | 5,450 | #72 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,726 | 5,353 | #73 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,263 | 5,211 | #70 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,882 | 5,411 | #70 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,940 | 5,594 | #67 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,988 | 5,267 | #74 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,071 | 5,399 | #70 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,301 | 5,536 | #68 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,974 | 5,326 | #73 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,556 | 5,460 | #70 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,510 | 4,948 | #68 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,056 | 4,315 | #77 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,174 | 3,924 | #81 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,747 | 3,713 | #85 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,965 | 3,998 | #78 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,943 | 3,796 | #78 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,366 | 3,665 | #77 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,043 | 3,574 | #83 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,678 | 2,928 | #101 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,043 | 2,909 | #104 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,698 | 2,554 | #107 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,136 | 2,172 | #117 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,745 | 2,287 | #119 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,324 | 1,936 | #135 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,007 | 1,717 | #144 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,757 | 1,653 | #148 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,313 | 1,302 | #180 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,622 | 1,248 | #189 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,215 | 1,201 | #202 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,448 | 1,116 | #222 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,883 | 828 | #253 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,306 | 716 | #276 |
| 1967 | — | — | 771 | #260 |
| 1966 | — | — | 620 | #297 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,068 | 488 | #345 |
| 1964 | — | — | 429 | #383 |
| 1963 | — | — | 360 | #423 |
| 1962 | — | — | 281 | #474 |
| 1961 | — | — | 242 | #512 |
| 1960 | — | — | 242 | #511 |
| 1959 | — | — | 208 | #542 |
| 1958 | — | — | 205 | #538 |
| 1957 | — | — | 213 | #531 |
| 1956 | — | — | 194 | #540 |
| 1955 | — | — | 175 | #556 |
| 1954 | — | — | 171 | #558 |
| 1953 | — | — | 157 | #569 |
| 1952 | — | — | 120 | #640 |
| 1951 | — | — | 104 | #684 |
| 1950 | — | — | 123 | #622 |
| 1949 | — | — | 102 | #679 |
| 1948 | — | — | 87 | #720 |
| 1947 | — | — | 111 | #656 |
| 1946 | — | — | 85 | #705 |
| 1945 | — | — | 64 | #770 |
| 1944 | — | — | 68 | #758 |
| 1943 | — | — | 64 | #825 |
| 1942 | — | — | 80 | #719 |
| 1941 | — | — | 62 | #803 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,637 | 56 | #844 |
| 1939 | — | — | 61 | #778 |
| 1938 | — | — | 49 | #903 |
| 1937 | — | — | 50 | #875 |
| 1936 | — | — | 44 | #931 |
| 1935 | — | — | 45 | #945 |
| 1934 | — | — | 41 | #1,013 |
| 1933 | — | — | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1932 | — | — | 40 | #1,066 |
| 1931 | — | — | 43 | #1,020 |
| 1930 | — | — | 45 | #1,029 |
| 1929 | — | — | 31 | #1,282 |
| 1928 | — | — | 40 | #1,114 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,451 |
| 1926 | — | — | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1925 | — | — | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1923 | — | — | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1922 | — | — | 9 | #3,125 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,202 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,862 |
| 1919 | — | — | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1918 | — | — | 11 | #2,617 |
| 1917 | — | — | 19 | #1,727 |
| 1916 | — | — | 15 | #1,997 |
| 1915 | — | — | 15 | #1,920 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,179 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | #2,375 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,409 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).