Varian — #7320 US boys' name
403 babies named Varian in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Varian was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Varian in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Varian
The Social Security Administration has registered 403 babies named Varian between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Varian currently holds the #7320 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Varian performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Varian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Varian in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Varian 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 403 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.
Varian at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Varian popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (1977)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #7320 among boys.
403 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 40 births in a single year.
Varian popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1925 (Varian as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Varian accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Varian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 119 births that decade — 30% of Varian's all-time total
Varian decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Varian's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Varian by state
Where Varian concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 12 | 3.0% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 1.5% |
12 of 403 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 3.0% of nationwide
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 3.0% 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, 1968–2024 (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.