Tian

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tian: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,329 in 2021, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1329highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2014

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2411
1998	#2165
1999	#3900
2000	#2416
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#4373
2004	#1715
2005	#2682
2006	#2509
2008	#4524
2009	#2535
2010	#2235
2011	#4764
2012	#4171
2013	#4739
2014	#5691

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1329 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tian appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 270 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 1996.

Tian across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1329 (2021)	#1758 (2024)	27 of 28	270 (1997–2024)	19 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1715 (2004)	#5691 (2014)	18 of 19	107 (1996–2014)	12 (2004)

Tian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	67	10 of 10	7
2010s	121	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	75	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1329 in England and Wales in 2021.

Tian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,329, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tiah · #846, 27y
Tiam · #2088, 13y
Tiana · #77, 31y
Tianna · #187, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Husayn · #1329, 24y
Justice · #1330, 28y
Navraj · #1330, 29y
Rumaysah · #1330, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Husayn · #1329, 24y
Billal · #1330, 20y
Cy · #1330, 18y
Justice · #1330, 28y

Tian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tian without appearing here.

Tian moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Tian

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Hayden Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2682 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #878.
Selma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2235 and #2392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #1608.
Finley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2862.

Moved the opposite way to Tian

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Tian went from #2859 to #1692 while Brent went from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Tian went from #2859 to #1692 while Tor went from #1578 to #3449.
Andrea Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tian went from #3036 to #1758 while Andrea went from #1167 to #1859.
Robyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tian went from #3036 to #1758 while Robyn went from #3036 to #4270.

Moved the same way as Tian

Isak Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tian went from #3036 to #1758 and Isak from #3036 to #1517.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Tian went from #2350 to #5691 and Abigail from #21 to #46.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Tian went from #2350 to #5691 and Aimee from #70 to #207.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Tian went from #2350 to #5691 and Aisling from #440 to #1966.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1329 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tian

Tian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tian across 2 official records

Tian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Tian and the names beside it

Tian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tian

Moved the opposite way to Tian

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Tian at a glance

Tian across 2 official records

Tian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Tian and the names beside it

Tian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tian

Moved the opposite way to Tian

Moved the same way as Tian