Ian

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Ian or Iain is a male name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name יוֹחָנָן‎ and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename Iain.

From Wikipedia

Ian first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 113 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 6,688 babies (rank #68 that year). In 2024 it was given to 4,547 boys (rank #75). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Ian

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ian yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

254,514
Total babies (all years)
113
Years in the data
6,688
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19126#2,409
19137#2,375
191410#2,179
191515#1,920
191615#1,997
191719#1,727
191811#2,617
19199#2,985
192010#2,861
192115#2,202
19229#3,125
192322#1,668
192428#1,434
192519#1,836
192624#1,539
192727#1,452
192840#1,114
192931#1,282
193045#1,029
193143#1,020
193240#1,066
193327#1,293
193441#1,014
193545#945
193644#931
193750#875
193849#903
193961#778
194056#844
194162#803
194280#719
194364#825
194468#758
194564#770
194685#705
1947111#656
194887#720
1949102#679
1950123#622
1951104#684
1952120#640
1953157#569
1954171#558
1955175#556
1956194#540
1957213#531
1958205#539
1959208#542
1960242#510
1961242#512
1962281#475
1963360#423
1964429#384
1965489#345
1966621#296
1967771#260
1968716#276
1969827#253
19701,117#222
19711,200#202
19721,248#189
19731,302#180
19741,654#148
19751,718#144
19761,937#135
19772,287#119
19782,172#117
19792,553#107
19802,909#104
19812,929#101
19823,576#83
19833,665#77
19843,794#78
19853,999#78
19863,714#85
19873,924#81
19884,315#77
19894,948#68
19905,460#70
19915,324#73
19925,536#68
19935,399#70
19945,267#74
19955,595#67
19965,410#70
19975,210#70
19985,353#73
19995,450#72
20005,886#73
20016,084#70
20026,361#67
20036,466#65
20046,507#69
20056,688#68
20066,154#80
20076,250#75
20085,723#80
20095,807#73
20105,561#72
20115,619#72
20125,694#78
20135,432#80
20145,461#77
20155,329#76
20165,079#78
20175,033#76
20184,704#79
20194,550#81
20204,266#83
20214,300#81
20224,501#72
20234,551#69
20244,547#75