# Lian name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/lian
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Lian ranked #428 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #422.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #428
- Birth count: 752
- Rate per 10,000: 4.40

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Lian
- Rank: #422
- Birth count: 762
- Rate per 10,000: 4.46
- Official count multiplier: 1.01x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.02
- Expected per school of 300: 0.07
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.2%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2025
- Best rank year: 2025
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 100.0%

## Spelling components
- Lian: 752 births
- Liyan: 10 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology