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Bijan

#9,024 in 2025Boys' name

From Persian بیژن; literal meaning unconfirmed

Bijan has been given to 1,027 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #9,024 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1991, with 65 recorded.

Babies named Bijan, 2025

1 in 414,000

Bijan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bijan: meaning, origin, and history

From Persian بیژن; literal meaning unconfirmed

Persian

What Bijan means

Bijan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Bijan is used in English. Its origins include Persian.

Bijan comes through Persian بیژن.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 998 boys were recorded with the name Bijan between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 65 in 1991; its best national rank was #1,405 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,772 in 2020 to #9,024 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,833 in 2015 to #9,024 in 2025.

In the United States, 29 girls were recorded with the name Bijan between 1990 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1990; its best national rank was #9,342 in 1990.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bijan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,024
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bijan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bijan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bijans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bijan was born before 1993 — so the typical Bijan is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
45.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
998
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Choose a decade

1990s — 45.4% of all recorded uses (453).

Is Bijan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,181
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,748
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,809
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.3%
Peak was 1991 (65)
Years since peak
34
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,405
1991

Spellings of Bijan

Bijan is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 52.9% against Bijan's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bijan is used

Across 1910–2025, Bijan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 136,822 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bijan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bijan around the world

Where Bijan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2011
    #4,647
    in 2011
  • France
    1994–1994
    #3,404
    in 1994
  • Canada
    1997–2001
    #1,795
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Bijan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,024
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,748
Best rank ever
#1,405
1991
Peak year
1991
65 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
998
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,342
1990
Peak year
1990
8 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
29
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bijan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Bijan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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