Iain
#2,487 most common boys' name of all time · #5,999 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1953–2025
Rank among boys
#2,487
Rank overall
#5,999 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
2,911
Since 2016
315
Peak year
2003 #1,184
Best rank
#1,184 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 126/yr
Iain first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,287 |
| 2024 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,232 |
| 2023 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,368 |
| 2022 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,019 |
| 2021 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,390 |
| 2020 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,740 |
| 2019 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,870 |
| 2018 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,067 |
| 2017 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,265 |
| 2016 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,739 |
| 2015 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 2014 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,265 |
| 2013 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,533 |
| 2012 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,021 |
| 2011 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,992 |
| 2010 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,042 |
| 2009 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,659 |
| 2008 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,846 |
| 2007 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,749 |
| 2006 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,609 |
| 2005 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,408 |
| 2004 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,228 |
| 2003 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,184 |
| 2002 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,218 |
| 2001 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,333 |
| 2000 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,349 |
| 1999 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,316 |
| 1998 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,498 |
| 1997 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,429 |
| 1996 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,285 |
| 1995 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,519 |
| 1994 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,725 |
| 1993 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,897 |
| 1992 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,589 |
| 1991 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,758 |
| 1990 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,409 |
| 1989 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,973 |
| 1988 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,967 |
| 1987 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,478 |
| 1986 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,818 |
| 1985 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,998 |
| 1984 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,746 |
| 1983 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,673 |
| 1982 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,802 |
| 1981 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,311 |
| 1980 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,911 |
| 1979 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,843 |
| 1978 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,441 |
| 1977 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,422 |
| 1976 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,563 |
| 1975 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,710 |
| 1974 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,522 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1972 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,504 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,933 |
| 1970 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,114 |
| 1969 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,804 |
| 1968 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,181 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,476 |
| 1965 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1964 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,281 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,482 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,883 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,306 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,456 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,372 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,782 |