Iyan — #5140 US boys' name
347 babies named Iyan in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Iyan was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Iyan in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iyan
The Social Security Administration has registered 347 babies named Iyan between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iyan currently holds the #5140 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iyan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Iyan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Iyan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iyan 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 347 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.
Iyan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Iyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2013)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #5140 among boys.
347 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 19 births in a single year.
Iyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 155 births that decade — 45% of Iyan's all-time total
Iyan decade highlights
- Peak decade 155 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Iyan's strongest decade
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Iyan by state
Where Iyan concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.9% |
10 of 347 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.9% 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, 1993–2024 (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.