girls:
1.1k births since 1957
#4664 (18th percentile)
boys:
3.2k births since 1984
#2199 (52nd percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1957
#4189 (46th percentile)
The name Lian is the #4,189 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,279 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 45.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,199 (52.0% percentile) for all time with 3,227 births since 1984. For girls, it ranks #4,664 (18.4% percentile) for all time with 1,052 births since 1957.
Lian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Lian is available in 53 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (52 years for girls and 31 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lian has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 95.2% of babies named Lian were boys. Interestingly, until around 2009, the name was more popular for girls (71.3% girls from 1957 to 2008), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.1% boys from 2009 to 2023).
For boys, Lian reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 45.3% percentile (ranked #499) with 268 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 268 births per million (ranked 45.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lian is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #499 (45.3% percentile) with 268 births per million.
For girls, Lian reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #891) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 28 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lian ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 51.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lian".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.6% confident that Lian is pronounced as LEE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lyahn, at 14.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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