Qian — boys' name

What the Data Says About Qian

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Qian between 2000 and 2015, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Qian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Qian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Qian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Qian 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 20 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.