How Many People Are Named Jian?
people named Jian are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 539,944 people in the US has this name
Based on 642 babies named Jian in Social Security records from 1986 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
31 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 建 (jiàn) meaning "build, establish", 健 (jiàn) meaning "strong, healthy", or other characters which are pronounced in a similar fashion.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jian, 6.6% were girls and 93.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 3.5% of the babies were girls then and 5.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jian alive today is about 15 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jian first appears in the records in 1986 and was given most often in 2019, to 31 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1986 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jian has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,776, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #4,610.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,610 |
| Best rank | #3,776 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,820 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jian were born in California than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jian was given 6.9 times as often in New York and 3.2 times in California.
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