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 ื™ื•ึนื—ึธื ึธืŸโ€Ž 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 1955 and has been recorded in 56 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 161 babies (rank #130 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ian

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

3,017
Total babies (all years)
56
Years in the data
161
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19551#787
19581#919
19591#872
19601#964
19622#884
19632#894
19652#911
19662#937
19674#804
19689#614
19697#702
19704#841
197111#606
19729#649
19738#659
19749#635
197510#602
197613#535
197718#449
197814#531
197925#388
198024#414
198126#401
198220#467
198328#379
198423#443
198533#362
198626#429
198729#417
198848#306
198947#327
199052#306
199152#313
199268#257
199395#202
199498#198
199595#198
199681#229
199790#206
1998128#163
1999101#193
2000140#150
2001161#130
2002150#139
2003143#142
2004119#157
2005128#142
2006117#150
2007111#154
200894#179
200975#206
2010104#150
201194#162
201296#155
201387#160
201481#165