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Mian

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English equivalent of Matthew

Mian has been given to 110 babies in the U.S. since 1994. 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 2003, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Mian, 2024

1 in 557,000

Mian over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Mian over time

In 2024, Mian went to 57% girls and 43% boys.

19942024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Mian: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Matthew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mian means

Mian is a English equivalent of Matthew.

Origin, language, and formation

Mian is used in Manx.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Matthew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Manx, Mian is pronounced /mai.an/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 75 boys were recorded with the name Mian between 1994 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2003; its best national rank was #7,049 in 1997.

In the United States, 35 girls were recorded with the name Mian between 2006 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2022; its best national rank was #8,867 in 2022.

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 Mian?

Mian had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 557,000
6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 287,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
386,177 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mian 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 2024 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 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mian. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mians were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mian was born before 2003 — so the typical Mian is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
30.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
69.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
75
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 30.7% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Mian 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2003 (9)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,049
1997

Spellings of Mian

Mian is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 19.9% against Mian's <0.01%.

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.

Mian around the world

Where Mian 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
    1997–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2016–2016
    #2,748
    in 2016

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Mian 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
#7,049
1997
Peak year
2003
9 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
75
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,867
2022
Peak year
2022
12 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
35
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Mian

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

YianHianSianKhianDianThianMiaOsianAlianKyianDaianAianVianLevianKaianLuianAzianXianTianNovianErianArrianMiaireOssian

Sibling names for Mian

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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