Ian

Boy · recorded 1912–2025

  • #83in 2025
  • 1 in 435boys in 2025
  • −17%last ten years
  • 1.7×in Maryland

Most popular in 2005. Quieter now: down 17% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

01,6753,34919121940196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 114 recorded years as a table
Ian, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
191314
191415
191518
191617
191721
191811
19199
19209
192114
19228
192320
192425
192517
192622
192724
192836
192929
193041
193141
193238
193327
193440
193543
193642
193747
193844
193955
194048
194150
194258
194345
194450
194548
194652
194761
194850
194957
195069
195155
195262
195380
195484
195585
195692
195799
195897
195997
1960113
1961114
1962136
1963177
1964215
1965262
1966348
1967442
1968412
1969463
1970601
1971679
1972770
1973835
19741,051
19751,100
19761,234
19771,392
19781,323
19791,484
19801,631
19811,635
19821,970
19832,045
19842,103
19852,163
19862,016
19872,102
19882,254
19892,473
19902,658
19912,636
19922,772
19932,753
19942,726
19952,938
19962,856
19972,764
19982,801
19992,838
20002,997
20013,131
20023,276
20033,273
20043,278
20053,349
20062,994
20073,011
20082,805
20092,928
20102,899
20112,959
20123,003
20132,873
20142,843
20152,782
20162,676
20172,719
20182,591
20192,536
20202,472
20212,459
20222,580
20232,663
20242,647
20252,297

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maryland 1.7×
  2. New Jersey 1.7×
  3. New Mexico 1.6×
  4. Hawaii 1.5×
  5. Texas 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,924
Rank in 2025
#83
How rare
1 in 435 boys
Since 1912
257,664

Most popular in 2005, at 3,349 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 17% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maryland1.7×298
New Jersey1.7×506
New Mexico1.6×79
Hawaii1.5×34
Texas1.5×1,964

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.