Recorded 1957–2025 · United States
Lian was most popular in 2025, when 794 American babies were given the name — ranking #808 that year. In 2025 it ranked #808, with 794 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,705 people named Lian.
Lian first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1957, which makes it about 68 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 69 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,705 American births named Lian between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,654 are estimated to be alive today.
794 American babies were named Lian in 2025, ranking #808 that year.
Lian is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 553 births a year, against 144 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +285% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Lian is mostly a boy’s name — 19.7% of the 5,705 Americans given it were girls and 80.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2006 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 10% girls and 90% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,654 Americans named Lian are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 3 and 11. That is a narrow band because Lian is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org