NameTides

Ian

Ian was the #83 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,924 babies), and #585 in England & Wales and #182 in Canada.

Ian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Ian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Ian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#83 (3,924)#585 (66)#495 (6)—#262 (17)#182 (188)—
2024#74 (4,560)#535 (72)#619 (4)—#275 (15)#175 (194)—
2023#69 (4,555)#561 (67)#321 (11)#348 (4)#243 (18)#189 (172)—
2022#72 (4,505)#600 (62)#363 (9)#414 (3)#329 (13)#168 (206)—
2021#81 (4,302)#551 (70)#372 (9)—#271 (17)#188 (195)—
2020#83 (4,267)#598 (60)#350 (10)—#361 (11)#203 (172)—
2019#81 (4,551)#628 (57)#289 (13)#418 (3)#229 (21)#167 (221)—
2018#79 (4,706)#590 (62)#264 (15)—#291 (15)#185 (206)—
2017#76 (5,033)#613 (59)#333 (11)—#263 (18)#176 (217)—
2016#78 (5,079)#565 (66)#256 (17)—#329 (13)#162 (231)—
2015#76 (5,332)#493 (79)#287 (14)#342 (4)#265 (18)#173 (217)—
2014#77 (5,461)#489 (80)#245 (18)#398 (3)#302 (15)#162 (235)—
2013#80 (5,434)#596 (58)#366 (9)#343 (4)#276 (17)#151 (247)—
2012#78 (5,696)#522 (71)#301 (12)—#267 (18)#148 (261)—
2011#72 (5,620)#495 (73)#224 (19)—#289 (16)#159 (232)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #68.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 440 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 440common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 850common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 410 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 360 to 1 in 470.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #125WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #80WAIdaho: #162IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #81MNIllinois: #106ILMichigan: #173MINew York: #68NYMassachusetts: #120MAOregon: #94ORNevada: #80NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #76IAIndiana: #135INOhio: #149OHPennsylvania: #163PANew Jersey: #50NJConnecticut: #128CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #63CAUtah: #93UTColorado: #69CONebraska: #93NEMissouri: #172MOKentucky: #193KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #87VAMaryland: #55MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #85AZNew Mexico: #62NMKansas: #131KSArkansas: #159ARTennessee: #100TNNorth Carolina: #78NCSouth Carolina: #92SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #101OKLouisiana: #112LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #105ALGeorgia: #77GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #63TXFlorida: #70FL
Ian (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#15288
Quebec2025#28417

Ian (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
IanCanadaBoys#182188
IanEngland & WalesBoys#58566
IanIrelandBoys#26217
IanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IanNSWBoys—too few
IanScotlandBoys#4956
IanUSGirls#10,9178
IanUSBoys#833,924