Ian
72
Babies in 2024
-10%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 253
+8%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Ian
Ian peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (253 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 72 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Ian reached its peak in 1996, when 253 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #138 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 72 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,805 boys have been officially registered with the name Ian in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 734 boys were registered with the name, starting from 80 in 2014 and ending at 72 in 2024.