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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising fast

IanIn Hebrew: איאן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ian (Hebrew: איאן) is a unisex name of international origin. 1,898 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 84 boys and ranked #200. Its peak year was 2021, with 183 babies.

People in Israel
1,898
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
84
rank #200
Peak year
2021
183 babies
USA, 2025
3,924
rank #83

Writing and saying Ian

In Hebrew letters the name is איאן, read right to left. Ian is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ian by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ian: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ian in English-speaking countries

Ian in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20253,924#832005 (6,688)
United Kingdom202572#5891997 (306)
England and Wales202566#5851996 (253)
Scotland20256#4951975 (428)
Ireland202517#2551986 (341)
British Columbia202341#741985 (121)
Alberta202522#2241982 (112)
Quebec202517#2841980 (99)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Ian has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ian

How do you write Ian in Hebrew?

Ian is written איאן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ian?

1,898 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name איאן: 692 women and 1,206 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ian a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 36% of the people named איאן are women and 64% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Ian used outside Israel?

The name Ian appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 3,924 boys were given it in 2025 (#83), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 72 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.