Jian

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Peak · boys
#3,732
2003 · 23 births
Debut · boys
1986
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
600
since 1986

Jian over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,732, 2003girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#11,9327#4,53922
2024—#6,19914
2023—#5,07519
2022—#3,77429
2021—#4,24724
2020—#5,23517
2019#13,7996#4,11425
2018#15,6825#4,22624
2017—#4,59421
2016#12,8767#4,32723
2015—#5,05818
2014#16,5135#4,86619
2013#14,5826#4,46321
2012—#4,86219
2011—#7,00911
2010—#5,04718
2009#15,2426#4,58221
2008—#4,39522
2007—#8,1739
2006—#5,52515
2005—#4,46419
2004—#5,49214
2003—#3,73223
2002—#4,18819
2001—#5,66712
2000—#5,92011
1999—#6,04210
1998—#4,19716
1997—#3,73818
1996—#7,1367
1995—#5,12411
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1993—#6,8167
1992—#6,6707
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1990—#4,67311
1989—#5,6158
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1987—#5,4597
1986—#4,4579
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First appearance
1986

The first year at least five boys were named Jian! It came in at #4,457, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Jian is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Jian, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095

Best ever in a state: #1,005 in New York, 1997.

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See more about Jian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,660 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #4,539)
  • 696 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #4,539)
  • 519 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,539)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1986
  • Peaked 2003 at #3,732 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 60,207
  • Highest: 1 in 60,207 boys born in 2022 were named Jian (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,732 in 2003, was only 1 in 85,885 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.2% of all boys named Jian (199) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s24#4,457 (1986)#5,177
1990s87#3,738 (1997)#5,550
2000s165#3,732 (2003)#5,214
2010s199#4,114 (2019)#4,857
2020s125#3,774 (2022)#4,845

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.

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