girls:
419 births since 1983
#5297 (7th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2008
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
425 births since 1983
#7314 (5th percentile)
The name Shian is the #7,314 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 425 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 5.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,297 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 419 births since 1983. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2008.
Shian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 2008 for boys). Birth data for Shian is available in 24 out of the 27 years between 1983 and 2009 (24 years for girls and 1 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 Shian has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shian reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #838) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
For boys, Shian reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #906) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Shian is pronounced as SHEE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-uhn, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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