# Cian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kian |
| US babies named this | 3,751 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,724 / 27 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,691, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 11,372 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,025 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10,876 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,226 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 114 | 1,441 |
| 2012 | 142 | 1,244 |
| 2013 | 130 | 1,322 |
| 2014 | 152 | 1,207 |
| 2015 | 155 | 1,192 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,210 |
| 2017 | 163 | 1,156 |
| 2018 | 145 | 1,264 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,394 |
| 2020 | 118 | 1,461 |
| 2021 | 150 | 1,268 |
| 2022 | 136 | 1,375 |
| 2023 | 126 | 1,441 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,530 |
| 2025 | 148 | 1,310 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 194 | 248 |
| 2012 | 179 | 265 |
| 2013 | 201 | 248 |
| 2014 | 180 | 269 |
| 2015 | 151 | 309 |
| 2016 | 157 | 308 |
| 2017 | 142 | 336 |
| 2018 | 140 | 328 |
| 2019 | 123 | 359 |
| 2020 | 132 | 340 |
| 2021 | 136 | 333 |
| 2022 | 102 | 415 |
| 2023 | 100 | 396 |
| 2024 | 124 | 355 |
| 2025 | 126 | 338 |

## People named Cian

- Empress Dowager Ci'an, Dowager empress of China (1837-1881)
- Cian Uijtdebroeks, Belgian cyclist
- Cian Shields, British racing driver
- Cian Bolger, footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.