Cian — #1531 US boys' name
3,575 babies named Cian in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Cian was born in this single decade.
181 babies were named Cian in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cian
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,575 babies named Cian between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cian currently holds the #1531 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 181 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,412 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 388 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Cian in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cian in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,575 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cian at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cian popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2007)
- 181
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #1531 among boys.
3,575 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 181 births in a single year.
Cian popularity over time — girls
27 total births recorded since 1998 (Cian as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Cian accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,412 births that decade — 39% of Cian's all-time total
Cian decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,412 births
- Runner-up 1,184 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cian's strongest decade
1,412 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Cian by state
Where Cian concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 388 | 10.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 357 | 10.0% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 220 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 164 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Texas | | 149 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 130 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 105 | 2.9% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 84 | 2.3% |
388 of 3,575 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.9% of nationwide
- New York 10.0% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 6.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cian appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.