How rare is the name Gian?

4,626 people in the United States have the first name Gian, about 1 in 65,290. It ranks #4,149 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

GIAN

#4,149

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,626
About
1 in 65,290
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,626 people named Gian, 48.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 25% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 20% as White. 90.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gian peaked in 2023, when 328 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
328
In 2025*
244 ▼26%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,033 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,927. The largest share of babies named Gian, 47.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#11,50216
1960s#6,57597
1970s#6,236157
1980s#5,057281
1990s#4,288494
2000s#2,8731,226
2010s#3,0121,284
2020s#1,9271,478
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–9611.7%
Generation Z 1997–1234.6%
2013 and later47.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gian has been most common in Florida (5.8×), Rhode Island (5.7×), and New Jersey (2.8×), and least common in North Carolina (0.36×).

3,358 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Gian

2 other first names also have 4,626 people.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gian, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Gian ranks #75,363 of 156,621, with 276 people. See Gian as a last name

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