Ian Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Ian: every year it appeared on the national list since 1912, with 257,664 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

257,664

Peak year

2005 #68

Years on the list

114

10-year trend

-7.6%

In the 2000s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1912–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	5,620	#72
2012	5,696	#78
2013	5,434	#80
2014	5,461	#77
2015	5,332	#76
2016	5,079	#78
2017	5,033	#76
2018	4,706	#79
2019	4,551	#81
2020	4,267	#83
2021	4,302	#81
2022	4,505	#72
2023	4,555	#69
2024	4,560	#75
2025	3,924	#83

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2005

759

548

350

318

308

301

Names from the same era

Juan · 2005 Manuel · 2005 Edgar · 2005 Hector · 2005 Andy · 2005 Marco · 2005 Arturo · 2005 Conner · 2005 Ty · 2005 Braden · 2005

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