Iain
#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 126 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,911since 1953
Iain over time
Rank among boys' names. Iain 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 | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #4,343 | 24 |
| 2022 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #4,362 | 23 |
| 2020 | #2,728 | 45 |
| 2019 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #3,249 | 35 |
| 2016 | #2,726 | 44 |
| 2015 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | #2,256 | 59 |
| 2013 | #2,528 | 48 |
| 2012 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2011 | #1,988 | 69 |
| 2010 | #2,037 | 67 |
| 2009 | #1,654 | 95 |
| 2008 | #1,838 | 79 |
| 2007 | #1,741 | 85 |
| 2006 | #1,605 | 90 |
| 2005 | #1,402 | 106 |
| 2004 | #1,225 | 124 |
| 2003 | #1,181 | 126 |
| 2002 | #1,215 | 113 |
| 2001 | #1,327 | 98 |
| 2000 | #1,341 | 95 |
| 1999 | #1,311 | 92 |
| 1998 | #1,488 | 74 |
| 1997 | #1,423 | 76 |
| 1996 | #1,278 | 86 |
| 1995 | #1,508 | 63 |
| 1994 | #1,716 | 52 |
| 1993 | #1,875 | 44 |
| 1992 | #1,572 | 56 |
| 1991 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #1,953 | 37 |
| 1988 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | #1,975 | 29 |
| 1984 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
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| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Iain! It came in at #3,425, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Iain is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#815 · 1 in 7,327
- California#1,260 · 1 in 18,594
- New York#1,262 · 1 in 13,693
- Texas#1,579 · 1 in 23,291
Best ever in a state: #453 in Oregon, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #815 | 6 | 1 in 7,327 |
| California | #1,260 | 14 | 1 in 18,594 |
| New York | #1,262 | 8 | 1 in 13,693 |
| Texas | #1,579 | 8 | 1 in 23,291 |
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See more about Iain
- 2,994 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #7,194)
- 4,466 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #7,194)
- 4,708 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #7,194)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2003 at #1,181 (126 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,677 boys born in 2003 were named Iain (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.7% of all boys named Iain (1,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16 | #3,425 (1953) | #3,787 |
| 1960s | 112 | #1,767 (1969) | #2,726 |
| 1970s | 157 | #2,058 (1970) | #2,585 |
| 1980s | 320 | #1,467 (1987) | #1,938 |
| 1990s | 618 | #1,278 (1996) | #1,629 |
| 2000s | 1,011 | #1,181 (2003) | #1,453 |
| 2010s | 522 | #1,988 (2011) | #2,519 |
| 2020s | 155 | #2,728 (2020) | #4,470 |
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.
Iain in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 22,836 of them was named Iain, which outranked 88.6% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,596Monte91
- #1,596Oren91
- #1,596Zephaniah91
- #1,605Iain90
- #1,605Dave90
- #1,605Emmitt90
- #1,605Isael90
- #1,617Adian89
- #1,617Azael89
- #1,617Cadyn89
Tied with 11 names at #1,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.