girls:
845 births since 1962
#4871 (15th percentile)
boys:
137 births since 1995
#4449 (3rd percentile)
overall:
982 births since 1962
#6757 (13th percentile)
The name Sian is the #6,757 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 982 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,871 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 845 births since 1962. For boys, it ranks #4,449 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 137 births since 1995.
Sian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Sian is available in 60 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023 (60 years for girls and 17 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 Sian has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 31.6% of babies named Sian were girls.
For girls, Sian reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #936) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sian ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 19.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sian reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #921) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sian is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #903 (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sian".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.6% confident that Sian is pronounced as shahn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-uhn, at 31.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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