girls:
108 births since 1992
#5608 (2nd percentile)
boys:
535 births since 2007
#4051 (12th percentile)
overall:
643 births since 1992
#7096 (8th percentile)
The name Lyan is the #7,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 643 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,051 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 535 births since 2007. For girls, it ranks #5,608 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 108 births since 1992.
Lyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Lyan is available in 20 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023. 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 Lyan has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Lyan were boys. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for girls (71.8% girls from 1992 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (86.8% boys from 2010 to 2023).
For boys, Lyan reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #860) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lyan ranks #859 for boys (5.7% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 77.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lyan reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #941) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lyan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.6% confident that Lyan is pronounced as LAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-uhn, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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