NameTides

Cian

Cian was the #1,310 boys' name in the US in 2025 (148 babies), and #338 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Cian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Cian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,310 (148)#338 (126)#126 (37)#72 (33)#33 (142)#943 (27)
2024#1,530 (115)#355 (124)#181 (24)#45 (48)#33 (158)#747 (35)
2023#1,440 (126)#396 (100)#138 (35)#52 (45)#29 (156)#1,079 (21)
2022#1,374 (136)#415 (102)#164 (30)#64 (42)#28 (185)#727 (35)
2021#1,267 (150)#333 (136)#172 (27)#67 (44)#23 (217)#770 (34)
2020#1,460 (118)#340 (132)#198 (22)#84 (35)#24 (203)#925 (25)
2019#1,394 (127)#359 (123)#183 (28)#60 (51)#32 (200)#995 (22)
2018#1,261 (145)#328 (140)#162 (33)#75 (40)#27 (241)#885 (26)
2017#1,156 (163)#336 (142)#186 (29)#86 (36)#19 (291)#864 (27)
2016#1,208 (156)#308 (157)#205 (25)#51 (60)#13 (344)#808 (30)
2015#1,190 (155)#309 (151)#182 (31)#67 (49)#14 (358)#734 (34)
2014#1,205 (152)#269 (180)#193 (29)#70 (45)#18 (361)#806 (29)
2013#1,321 (130)#248 (201)#183 (29)#103 (29)#17 (368)#784 (30)
2012#1,244 (142)#265 (179)#235 (19)#115 (26)#15 (406)#837 (27)
2011#1,440 (114)#248 (194)#184 (28)#96 (32)#13 (461)#773 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,156.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 530common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 250common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 170very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cian is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,625FL
Cian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Cian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CianCanadaBoys#94327
CianEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CianEngland & WalesBoys#338126
CianIrelandBoys#33142
CíanIrelandBoys#19824
CianNorthern IrelandBoys#7233
CianScotlandBoys#12637
CianUSGirls—too few
CianUSBoys#1,310148