Ieuan

Boys' name

God is gracious

Ieuan has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2008. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Ieuan, 2008

1 in 786,000

Ieuan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ieuan: meaning, origin, and history

God is gracious

Hebrew

What Ieuan means

Ieuan means “God is gracious”, associated with Yôḥānān.

Origin, language, and formation

Ieuan is used in Welsh. Its origins include Hebrew.

Ieuan comes through Latin Iōannēs, Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης and Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include John.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Welsh, Ieuan is pronounced /ˈjeɨ̯.an/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Ieuan between 2008 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2008; its best national rank was #13,273 in 2008.

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.

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How common is Ieuan?

Ieuan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 786,000; 5 of 3,930,727 births
Among boys only: 1 in 408,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 544,916 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ieuan 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 2008 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 544,916 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ieuan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ieuans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ieuan was born before 2008 — so the typical Ieuan is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Ieuan 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2008 (5)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #13,273; 2008

Spellings of Ieuan

Ieuan is not the most common spelling — Sean is, with 23.2% against Ieuan's <0.01%.

Sean23.2%423,637
Juan20.0%365,606
Evan15.7%287,701
Ian14.1%257,664
Dean10.6%192,930
Ivan8.2%150,137
Jean1.4%25,039
Kieran0.96%17,613

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.

Ieuan around the world

Where Ieuan 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
1996–2025
#2,440
in 2025
Scotland
1987–2010
#638
in 2010
Northern Ireland
2006–2006
#341
in 2006
France
2000–2000
#4,304
in 2000
South Australia
1978–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ieuan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,273; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 5 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ieuan

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

Kwuan Jouan Tquan Jwuan Cauan Eduan Tujuan Desuan Dakuan Gaquan Arquan Qujuan Najuan Jesuan Ziyuan Davuan Jasuan Josuan Elouan Yosuan Guan Kujuan Kawuan Kesuan

Sibling names for Ieuan

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

For a sister

Jaylen Yamilet Dalilah Desire Jaidyn Kalia Abagail Rihanna

For a brother

Kaeden Gavyn Tyshawn Marley Aditya Aydan Aydin Javion

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