Bijan
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 65 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 998since 1968
Bijan over time
Rank among boys' names. Bijan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
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| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,349 | 26 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,228 | 27 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,150 | 27 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,552 | 33 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,964 | 46 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #2,535 | 30 |
| 1995 | — | #1,988 | 42 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,822 | 47 |
| 1993 | — | #1,512 | 61 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,525 | 58 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,411 | 65 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | — | #1,492 | 55 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,706 | 41 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
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| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bijan! It came in at #3,673, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Bijan
- 1,145 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #8,910)
- 1,695 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #8,910)
- 1,734 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #8,910)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1991 at #1,411 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 31,082 boys born in 1991 were named Bijan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.4% of all boys named Bijan (453) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,673 |
| 1970s | 21 | #4,441 (1972) | #5,343 |
| 1980s | 258 | #1,492 (1989) | #2,181 |
| 1990s | 453 | #1,411 (1991) | #2,006 |
| 2000s | 175 | #3,150 (2000) | #5,531 |
| 2010s | 55 | #7,502 (2011) | #9,401 |
| 2020s | 30 | #7,765 (2024) | #9,536 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bijan in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 312,501 of them was named Bijan, which outranked 25.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,271Zanna7
- #10,271Zonia7
- #10,271Zykia7
- #11,509Bijan6
- #11,509Aamber6
- #11,509Abagael6
- #11,509Abbagail6
- #13,147Aaminah5
- #13,147Abegail5
- #13,147Abraham5
Tied with 1,637 names at #11,509; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 31,082 of them was named Bijan, which outranked 85.4% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,396Princeton66
- #1,396Torrence66
- #1,396Wiley66
- #1,411Bijan65
- #1,411Broc65
- #1,411Darious65
- #1,411Demarkus65
- #1,422Adrain64
- #1,422Arjun64
- #1,422Jamey64
Tied with 10 names at #1,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.