How rare is the name Jian?

9,308 people in the United States have the first name Jian, about 1 in 32,449. It ranks #2,582 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JIAN

#2,582

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,308
About
1 in 32,449
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,308 people named Jian, 93.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% as White. 73.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jian peaked in 2019, when 31 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19862025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
31
In 2025*
29 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 642 babies have been given the name since 1986. 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.

Jian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #9,665. The largest share of babies named Jian, 48.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#19,49524
1990s#14,13687
2000s#11,308171
2010s#9,708228
2020s#9,665132
Millennials 1981–9610.4%
Generation Z 1997–1241%
2013 and later48.6%

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.

Either side of Jian

#2,580 Davon · 9,316#2,581 Demetria · 9,313#2,583 Lisette · 9,307#2,583 Nan · 9,307

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,953 Jin · 14,306#11,082 Jihan · 1,174#12,216 Jiana · 1,025#24,628 Jiani · 390#32,402 Jiwan · 260#39,134 Jiin · 194

Also a last name

As a last name, Jian ranks #21,950 of 156,621, with 1,208 people. See Jian as a last name

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