Ian — #75 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ian

The Social Security Administration has registered 253,707 babies named Ian between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ian currently holds the #75 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 6,688 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61,926 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34,670 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ian in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ian 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 253,707 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.