girls:
153 births since 1974
#5563 (3rd percentile)
boys:
337 births since 1981
#4249 (7th percentile)
overall:
490 births since 1974
#7249 (6th percentile)
The name Tian is the #7,249 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 490 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,249 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 337 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,563 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 153 births since 1974.
Tian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Tian is available in 37 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (29 years for boys and 24 years for girls). 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 Tian has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Tian were boys. Interestingly, until around 1998, the name was more popular for girls (70.8% girls from 1974 to 1997), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (78.4% boys from 1998 to 2023).
For boys, Tian reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #890) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tian is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #890 (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million.
For girls, Tian reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #859) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tian".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Tian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.5% confident that Tian is pronounced as TEE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEE-ahn, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like T IY1 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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