How rare is the name Lian?

5,941 people in the United States have the first name Lian, about 1 in 50,839. It ranks #3,491 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LIAN

#3,491

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,941
About
1 in 50,839
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,941 people named Lian, 50% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 28.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.5% as White. 56.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lian peaked in 2025, when 794 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
794
In 2025*
794
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 5,705 babies have been given the name since 1957. 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.

Lian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,136. The largest share of babies named Lian, 81.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#13,00310
1960s#11,61024
1970s#16,72621
1980s#10,41794
1990s#8,467187
2000s#6,161408
2010s#2,3141,859
2020s#1,1363,102
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–1213.4%
2013 and later81.6%

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.

Where Lian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lian has been most common in Arizona (2.6×), Florida (2.6×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.21×).

4,012 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 Lian

1 other first name also has 5,941 people.

#3,491 Krysta · 5,941

Either side of Lian

#3,490 Clementine · 5,942#3,491 Krysta · 5,941#3,493 Laken · 5,940#3,494 Cyndi · 5,934

Spelled almost the same

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

#257 Liam · 218,131#1,722 Liana · 17,796#2,351 Lin · 10,717#2,807 Lien · 8,235#4,520 Liane · 4,089#7,747 Linn · 1,936#16,565 Liani · 678#17,267 Liyan · 642

Also a last name

As a last name, Lian ranks #4,201 of 156,621, with 8,168 people. See Lian as a last name

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