Iaan — #8739 US boys' name
134 babies named Iaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
68% of everyone ever named Iaan was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Iaan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Iaan between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iaan currently holds the #8739 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Iaan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Iaan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iaan 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 134 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.
Iaan at a glance
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Current rank
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Iaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2016)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #8739 among boys.
134 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 18 births in a single year.
Iaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 91 births that decade — 68% of Iaan's all-time total
Iaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Iaan's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Iaan by state
Where Iaan concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 134 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2006–2024 (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.