Masterpiece Generator Name Generator
How popular is the name Nian?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nians are alive today.
Nian (male), a spelling of Nayan, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 4810th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nayan you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Nayans born in England and Wales are between 10 and 23, and there are at least 460 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nayan - on average, only one in every 659 such rooms contains a Nayan.
How many babies are named Nian each year?
Includes all spellings: Nian, Nayan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Nian spelling rank?
Where does the Nayan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nian most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Nayan, peaked in 2010, when 23 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Nian spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Nian?
At least 460 people named Nian in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nian?
Most living Nians are between 10 and 23; the most common age is about 15.
Is Nian becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.