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Tijan

Gender
Boy
Say it
tee-JAHN

Tijan is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

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

Tijan is a boys' name.

How popular is Tijan in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Tijan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 6 in 20182022
Tijan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20224#4,195
20210–
20201#6,143
20193#4,913
20186#3,162
20170–
20163#5,015
20150–
20141#6,179
20135#3,466
20124#4,147
20114#3,986
20100–
20093#4,691
20083#4,615
20073#4,486
20060–
20054#3,330
20040–
20034#2,990
20020–
20010–
20000–
19993#3,043
19980–
19971#3,857

Names like Tijan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Tijan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tijan, updated 20 October 2026.