girls:
5 births since 1925
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
392 births since 1968
#4194 (8th percentile)
overall:
397 births since 1925
#7342 (5th percentile)
The name Varian is the #7,342 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 397 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,194 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 392 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1925.
Varian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Varian is available in 42 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023 (41 years for boys and 1 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 Varian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.7% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1968, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1925 to 1967), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1968 to 2023).
For boys, Varian reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #639) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 23 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Varian ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 30.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Varian reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #614) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1925.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Varian".
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