Tian
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 71.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 379since 1981
Tian 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 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,112 | 26 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1981
The first year at least five boys were named Tian! It came in at #4,961, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Tian is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Tian in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,603 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #6,803)
- 507 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #6,803)
- 688 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2023 at #4,112 (26 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 2 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 65,791
- Highest: 1 in 65,791 boys born in 2023 were named Tian (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.0% of all boys named Tian (129) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2002
- Mostly girls until 2001, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7 | #4,961 (1981) | #4,961 |
| 1990s | 37 | #5,840 (1998) | #7,225 |
| 2000s | 99 | #5,781 (2006) | #7,664 |
| 2010s | 129 | #5,106 (2018) | #6,596 |
| 2020s | 107 | #4,112 (2023) | #5,494 |
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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