Shian — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shian

The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Shian between 1983 and 2009, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shian performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shian in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shian 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 419 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.