Ian is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #147 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,932 babies. Ian first appears in the data in 1912 and reached its peak in 2005 (6,704 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,932 | #147 |
| 2024 | 4,568 | #122 |
| 2023 | 4,565 | #117 |
| 2022 | 4,513 | #123 |
| 2021 | 4,309 | #140 |
| 2020 | 4,279 | #139 |
| 2019 | 4,558 | #135 |
| 2018 | 4,712 | #129 |
| 2017 | 5,043 | #121 |
| 2016 | 5,088 | #124 |
| 2015 | 5,345 | #120 |
| 2014 | 5,467 | #118 |
| 2013 | 5,434 | #118 |
| 2012 | 5,705 | #116 |
| 2011 | 5,634 | #117 |
| 2010 | 5,563 | #114 |
| 2009 | 5,812 | #111 |
| 2008 | 5,731 | #123 |
| 2007 | 6,262 | #112 |
| 2006 | 6,166 | #121 |
| 2005 | 6,704 | #103 |
| 2004 | 6,531 | #109 |
| 2003 | 6,480 | #106 |
| 2002 | 6,368 | #109 |
| 2001 | 6,100 | #117 |
| 2000 | 5,892 | #124 |
| 1999 | 5,462 | #126 |
| 1998 | 5,365 | #133 |
| 1997 | 5,218 | #132 |
| 1996 | 5,427 | #134 |
| 1995 | 5,601 | #125 |
| 1994 | 5,274 | #135 |
| 1993 | 5,418 | #137 |
| 1992 | 5,546 | #132 |
| 1991 | 5,352 | #141 |
| 1990 | 5,490 | #134 |
| 1989 | 4,977 | #137 |
| 1988 | 4,348 | #152 |
| 1987 | 3,944 | #160 |
| 1986 | 3,748 | #159 |
| 1985 | 4,029 | #150 |
| 1984 | 3,826 | #154 |
| 1983 | 3,689 | #157 |
| 1982 | 3,603 | #168 |
| 1981 | 2,940 | #206 |
| 1980 | 2,928 | #211 |
| 1979 | 2,569 | #231 |
| 1978 | 2,189 | #249 |
| 1977 | 2,301 | #248 |
| 1976 | 1,957 | #277 |
| 1975 | 1,733 | #302 |
| 1974 | 1,670 | #311 |
| 1973 | 1,312 | #376 |
| 1972 | 1,260 | #412 |
| 1971 | 1,209 | #446 |
| 1970 | 1,121 | #491 |
| 1969 | 833 | #563 |
| 1968 | 724 | #595 |
| 1967 | 771 | #573 |
| 1966 | 620 | #655 |
| 1965 | 494 | #753 |
| 1964 | 429 | #843 |
| 1963 | 360 | #917 |
| 1962 | 281 | #1,045 |
| 1961 | 242 | #1,146 |
| 1960 | 242 | #1,139 |
| 1959 | 208 | #1,210 |
| 1958 | 205 | #1,206 |
| 1957 | 213 | #1,187 |
| 1956 | 194 | #1,207 |
| 1955 | 175 | #1,249 |
| 1954 | 171 | #1,242 |
| 1953 | 157 | #1,269 |
| 1952 | 120 | #1,431 |
| 1951 | 104 | #1,528 |
| 1950 | 123 | #1,369 |
| 1949 | 102 | #1,502 |
| 1948 | 87 | #1,604 |
| 1947 | 111 | #1,439 |
| 1946 | 85 | #1,567 |
| 1945 | 64 | #1,698 |
| 1944 | 68 | #1,652 |
| 1943 | 64 | #1,757 |
| 1942 | 80 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 62 | #1,684 |
| 1940 | 61 | #1,673 |
| 1939 | 61 | #1,622 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,866 |
| 1937 | 50 | #1,817 |
| 1936 | 44 | #1,923 |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,916 |
| 1934 | 41 | #2,043 |
| 1933 | 27 | #2,587 |
| 1932 | 40 | #2,096 |
| 1931 | 43 | #2,011 |
| 1930 | 45 | #2,046 |
| 1929 | 31 | #2,522 |
| 1928 | 40 | #2,206 |
| 1927 | 27 | #2,893 |
| 1926 | 24 | #3,119 |
| 1925 | 19 | #3,699 |
| 1924 | 28 | #2,944 |
| 1923 | 22 | #3,399 |
| 1922 | 9 | #6,069 |
| 1921 | 15 | #4,397 |
| 1920 | 10 | #5,609 |
| 1919 | 9 | #5,801 |
| 1918 | 11 | #5,185 |
| 1917 | 19 | #3,476 |
| 1916 | 15 | #4,001 |
| 1915 | 15 | #3,847 |
| 1914 | 10 | #4,301 |
| 1913 | 7 | #4,716 |
| 1912 | 6 | #4,929 |