Boys' name · since 2017
Iyaan
69 babies named Iyaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,459 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
69 babies have been named Iyaan since 2017, making it today's #10459 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Iyaan recorded 69 times among boys since 2017, holding rank #10459 nationally today, ahead of 25% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #19,914 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,459 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyaan ranks #19,914 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,459 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 69 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,459 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iyaan's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iyaan compares
69 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Iyaan's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iyaan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Iyaan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Iyaan's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Iyaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Iyaan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Iyaan's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Iyaan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (59% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iyaan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.