NameTides

Gian

Gian was the #955 boys' name in the US in 2025 (244 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Gian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Gian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Gian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#955 (244)#1,613 (16)——#1,443 (16)
2024#896 (264)#1,517 (17)——#1,246 (18)
2023#777 (328)#1,701 (14)——#1,592 (12)
2022#923 (250)#1,782 (13)——#2,493 (6)
2021#957 (234)#1,860 (12)——#2,491 (6)
2020#1,201 (158)#2,228 (9)——#1,038 (21)
2019#1,380 (129)#2,488 (8)——#1,205 (17)
2018#1,228 (151)#1,786 (13)——#1,682 (10)
2017#1,384 (127)#2,512 (8)——#1,510 (12)
2016#1,288 (141)#2,335 (9)——#1,118 (19)
2015#1,216 (151)#2,319 (9)——#923 (24)
2014#1,389 (122)#2,079 (10)——#1,565 (11)
2013#1,510 (107)#2,216 (9)——#1,252 (15)
2012#1,448 (114)#1,852 (12)——#1,334 (14)
2011#1,377 (121)#1,600 (14)——#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #777.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,000 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 7,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 8,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #831CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: 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: #720AZNew 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: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #670TXFlorida: #531FL
Gian (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

Gian (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
GianCanadaBoys#1,44316
GianEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
GianIrelandBoys—too few
GianNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GianScotlandBoys—too few
GianUSBoys#955244