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Baby name
Ian
Boy
Origin of the name
Ian is the Scottish form of John.
Classic name
257,664births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 68rank at its peak, in 2005
Where babies named Ian are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ian is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ian is most common in Alaska (2.2 times), Nevada (1.9) and New Hampshire (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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