Lian
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · #428 for boys in 2025, 752 births
Given to boys 80.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 752 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,579since 1984
Lian over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,577 | 42 | #428 | 752 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #512 | 595 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | #582 | 493 |
| 2022 | #3,827 | 39 | #686 | 393 |
| 2021 | #3,215 | 50 | #740 | 345 |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | #792 | 293 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #826 | 273 |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | #992 | 209 |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | #1,036 | 194 |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | #1,022 | 196 |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | #1,141 | 165 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #1,414 | 119 |
| 2013 | #3,367 | 47 | #1,483 | 110 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | #1,849 | 79 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #1,947 | 71 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | #2,262 | 57 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 | #2,800 | 43 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | #3,511 | 30 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
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| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lian! It came in at #6,315, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lian is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arizona#562 · 1 in 3,463
- Texas#657 · 1 in 4,761
- Maryland#675 · 1 in 4,418
- New Jersey#783 · 1 in 5,836
- Florida#828 · 1 in 6,445
Best ever in a state: #114 in Delaware, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #562 | 10 | 1 in 3,463 |
| Texas | #657 | 37 | 1 in 4,761 |
| Maryland | #675 | 6 | 1 in 4,418 |
| New Jersey | #783 | 7 | 1 in 5,836 |
| Florida | #828 | 15 | 1 in 6,445 |
| California | #832 | 29 | 1 in 7,438 |
| Illinois | #841 | 10 | 1 in 6,193 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,065 | 6 | 1 in 9,701 |
| New York | #1,105 | 10 | 1 in 9,755 |
| Georgia | #1,239 | 5 | 1 in 10,738 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lian
- 84 spots since 2024 (#512 → #428)
- 364 spots since 2020 (#792 → #428)
- 713 spots since 2015 (#1,141 → #428)
- Biggest jump: 166 spots in 2019 (#992 → #826)
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 2025 at #428 (752 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,271 boys born in 2025 were named Lian (0.04%)
- 62.7% of all boys named Lian (2,871) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2005, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #6,315 (1984) | #6,315 |
| 1990s | 35 | #6,670 (1992) | #7,778 |
| 2000s | 195 | #2,800 (2009) | #4,984 |
| 2010s | 1,473 | #826 (2019) | #1,397 |
| 2020s | 2,871 | #428 (2025) | #623 |
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.
Lian in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 34,529 of them was named Lian, which outranked 82.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,145Tanner51
- #3,145Tenzin51
- #3,145Zyanna51
- #3,192Lian50
- #3,192Alethea50
- #3,192Alexi50
- #3,192Aleya50
- #3,247Adaya49
- #3,247Adia49
- #3,247Aicha49
Tied with 54 names at #3,192; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 9,541 of them was named Lian, which outranked 92.7% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,029Kymani195
- #1,029Menachem195
- #1,029Semaj195
- #1,036Lian194
- #1,036Adler194
- #1,036Braiden194
- #1,036Denzel194
- #1,042Efrain193
- #1,042Harris193
- #1,042Karim193
Tied with 5 names at #1,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.