Ian
#150 most common boys' name of all time · #313 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#150
Rank overall
#313 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
258,479
Since 2016
45,567
Peak year
2005 #69
Best rank
#65 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 6,704/yr
Ian first appears in 1912. 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 | 8 | 3,924 | 3,932 | #83 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4,560 | 4,568 | #74 |
| 2023 | 10 | 4,555 | 4,565 | #70 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4,505 | 4,513 | #72 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4,302 | 4,309 | #81 |
| 2020 | 12 | 4,267 | 4,279 | #83 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4,551 | 4,558 | #81 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4,706 | 4,712 | #79 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5,033 | 5,043 | #76 |
| 2016 | 9 | 5,079 | 5,088 | #78 |
| 2015 | 13 | 5,332 | 5,345 | #76 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5,461 | 5,467 | #77 |
| 2013 | — | 5,434 | 5,434 | #80 |
| 2012 | 9 | 5,696 | 5,705 | #78 |
| 2011 | 14 | 5,620 | 5,634 | #72 |
| 2010 | — | 5,563 | 5,563 | #72 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5,807 | 5,812 | #73 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5,723 | 5,731 | #80 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,250 | 6,262 | #75 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6,154 | 6,166 | #80 |
| 2005 | 16 | 6,688 | 6,704 | #69 |
| 2004 | 24 | 6,507 | 6,531 | #69 |
| 2003 | 14 | 6,466 | 6,480 | #65 |
| 2002 | 8 | 6,360 | 6,368 | #67 |
| 2001 | 16 | 6,084 | 6,100 | #70 |
| 2000 | 6 | 5,886 | 5,892 | #73 |
| 1999 | 12 | 5,450 | 5,462 | #72 |
| 1998 | 12 | 5,353 | 5,365 | #73 |
| 1997 | 7 | 5,211 | 5,218 | #70 |
| 1996 | 16 | 5,411 | 5,427 | #70 |
| 1995 | 7 | 5,594 | 5,601 | #67 |
| 1994 | 7 | 5,267 | 5,274 | #74 |
| 1993 | 19 | 5,399 | 5,418 | #70 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,536 | 5,546 | #68 |
| 1991 | 26 | 5,326 | 5,352 | #73 |
| 1990 | 30 | 5,460 | 5,490 | #70 |
| 1989 | 29 | 4,948 | 4,977 | #68 |
| 1988 | 33 | 4,315 | 4,348 | #77 |
| 1987 | 20 | 3,924 | 3,944 | #81 |
| 1986 | 35 | 3,713 | 3,748 | #85 |
| 1985 | 31 | 3,998 | 4,029 | #78 |
| 1984 | 30 | 3,796 | 3,826 | #78 |
| 1983 | 24 | 3,665 | 3,689 | #77 |
| 1982 | 29 | 3,574 | 3,603 | #83 |
| 1981 | 12 | 2,928 | 2,940 | #101 |
| 1980 | 19 | 2,909 | 2,928 | #104 |
| 1979 | 15 | 2,554 | 2,569 | #107 |
| 1978 | 17 | 2,172 | 2,189 | #117 |
| 1977 | 14 | 2,287 | 2,301 | #119 |
| 1976 | 21 | 1,936 | 1,957 | #135 |
| 1975 | 16 | 1,717 | 1,733 | #144 |
| 1974 | 17 | 1,653 | 1,670 | #148 |
| 1973 | 10 | 1,302 | 1,312 | #180 |
| 1972 | 12 | 1,248 | 1,260 | #189 |
| 1971 | 8 | 1,201 | 1,209 | #202 |
| 1970 | 5 | 1,116 | 1,121 | #222 |
| 1969 | 5 | 828 | 833 | #253 |
| 1968 | 8 | 716 | 724 | #276 |
| 1967 | — | 771 | 771 | #260 |
| 1966 | — | 620 | 620 | #298 |
| 1965 | 6 | 488 | 494 | #345 |
| 1964 | — | 429 | 429 | #383 |
| 1963 | — | 360 | 360 | #424 |
| 1962 | — | 281 | 281 | #474 |
| 1961 | — | 242 | 242 | #512 |
| 1960 | — | 242 | 242 | #511 |
| 1959 | — | 208 | 208 | #543 |
| 1958 | — | 205 | 205 | #538 |
| 1957 | — | 213 | 213 | #532 |
| 1956 | — | 194 | 194 | #542 |
| 1955 | — | 175 | 175 | #558 |
| 1954 | — | 171 | 171 | #559 |
| 1953 | — | 157 | 157 | #571 |
| 1952 | — | 120 | 120 | #641 |
| 1951 | — | 104 | 104 | #686 |
| 1950 | — | 123 | 123 | #622 |
| 1949 | — | 102 | 102 | #680 |
| 1948 | — | 87 | 87 | #721 |
| 1947 | — | 111 | 111 | #657 |
| 1946 | — | 85 | 85 | #710 |
| 1945 | — | 64 | 64 | #773 |
| 1944 | — | 68 | 68 | #760 |
| 1943 | — | 64 | 64 | #827 |
| 1942 | — | 80 | 80 | #721 |
| 1941 | — | 62 | 62 | #806 |
| 1940 | 5 | 56 | 61 | #848 |
| 1939 | — | 61 | 61 | #781 |
| 1938 | — | 49 | 49 | #909 |
| 1937 | — | 50 | 50 | #879 |
| 1936 | — | 44 | 44 | #938 |
| 1935 | — | 45 | 45 | #955 |
| 1934 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,023 |
| 1933 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,306 |
| 1932 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1931 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,030 |
| 1930 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,036 |
| 1929 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,294 |
| 1928 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1927 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,463 |
| 1926 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,560 |
| 1925 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,860 |
| 1924 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,453 |
| 1923 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,691 |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,126 |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,233 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,876 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,991 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,655 |
| 1917 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1916 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,025 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,954 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,433 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,488 |