Varian

Last seen for girls in 1925 at #4,973 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,450
1977 · 40 births
Debut · boys
1968
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
410
since 1968

Varian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Varian has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #1,450, 1977boys
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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—#9,7147
2024—#7,25711
2023—#6,51713
2022—#7,26211
2021—#8,1669
2020—#9,5547
2019—#5,81315
2018—#7,13611
2017—#4,59421
2016—#5,55516
2015—#7,49110
2014—#9,6427
2013—#8,7898
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2011—#10,8086
2010—#10,7666
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1999—#7,1398
1998—#8,4796
1997—#9,2655
1996—#7,9716
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1994—#6,3728
1993—#6,2288
1992—#6,6707
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1989—#7,9055
1988—#5,2008
1987—#4,9688
1986—#5,9266
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1984—#4,9737
1983—#5,4846
1982—#5,0037
1981—#4,9617
1980—#4,1349
1979—#2,56818
1978—#2,92914
1977—#1,45040
1976—#4,4187
1975—#3,42810
1974—#4,1907
1973—#4,5056
1972—#3,6228
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1969—#2,86110
1968—#3,3657
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five boys were named Varian! It came in at #3,365, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Varian is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Varian, so not publishedTXFlorida: #640 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,337 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Florida#640 · 1 in 8,337

Best ever in a state: #640 in Florida, 1977.

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See more about Varian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,457 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #9,714)
  • 160 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #9,714)
  • 2,223 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1977 at #1,450 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 1 yr 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 41,081
  • Highest: 1 in 41,081 boys born in 1977 were named Varian (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 29.0% of all boys named Varian (119) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s17#2,861 (1969)#3,113
1970s119#1,450 (1977)#3,377
1980s63#4,134 (1980)#5,395
1990s48#6,228 (1993)#7,446
2000s5#10,894 (2003)#10,894
2010s100#4,594 (2017)#7,844
2020s58#6,517 (2023)#8,078

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.

Varian in 1977

boys
#1,450
40 births · 1 in 41,081 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #1,450Varian40
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 41,081 of them was named Varian, which outranked 78.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Varian
  1. #1,431Stanford41
  2. #1,431Vincente41
  3. #1,431Zack41
  4. #1,450Varian40
  5. #1,450Adonis40
  6. #1,450Arlo40
  7. #1,450Arvin40
  8. #1,476Antron39
  9. #1,476Brodie39
  10. #1,476Curtiss39

Tied with 25 names at #1,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →