Sian
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
- Given to girls 83.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 858since 1962
Sian over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #14,942 | 5 | #4,050 | 26 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | — | |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
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| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five girls were named Sian! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sian is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sian in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sian
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 3,820 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #14,942)
- 7,730 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #14,942)
- 6,011 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1974 at #2,616 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 52,412
- Highest: 1 in 52,412 girls born in 1974 were named Sian (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 29.1% of all girls named Sian (250) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73 | #3,266 (1966) | #4,550 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,616 (1974) | #5,108 |
| 1980s | 99 | #5,457 (1983) | #6,843 |
| 1990s | 144 | #4,142 (1998) | #6,677 |
| 2000s | 250 | #4,165 (2006) | #5,272 |
| 2010s | 112 | #6,148 (2011) | #10,040 |
| 2020s | 53 | #7,212 (2020) | #11,248 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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