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Iain
Rank in 2024
#4,261
Born in 2024
25
Peak year
2003 · #1186
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 25 boys were named Iain, about 1 in every 68,613.
- It peaked in 2003 with 126 babies, ranked #1186.
- It first shows up in the records in 1953.
- 2,899 boys have been named Iain since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Iain per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 62 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 239 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 680 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,458 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 460 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Scottish Gaelic. Cognate of John; see there for more.
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English John.
- Origin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Iain, CC BY-SA 4.0.