Titan
Boy · TY-tun · Greek
Titan is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “powerful giant”. In 2025 it ranked 1,290th for boys in the US (151 babies).
What does Titan mean?
Greek: from the Titans of Greek mythology, via English titan
“powerful giant”
In Greek myth the Titans, led by Cronus, were the elder gods overthrown by Zeus and the Olympians.
- Say it
- TY-tun
Is Titan a girl's or a boy's name?
Titan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 151 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Titan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Titan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Titan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
How popular is Titan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,290among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 151 boys in the US were named Titan, making it the 1,290th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 670th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 421 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Titan than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Titan in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 163 boys in the US were given Titan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,114, up from #1,290 for this spelling alone.
- Titan 151
- Tytan 12
Titan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,290 |
| 2024 | 220 | #1,013 |
| 2023 | 226 | #971 |
| 2022 | 289 | #842 |
| 2021 | 343 | #742 |
| 2020 | 388 | #670 |
| 2019 | 375 | #683 |
| 2018 | 370 | #675 |
| 2017 | 421 | #619 |
| 2016 | 409 | #644 |
| 2015 | 415 | #638 |
| 2014 | 274 | #826 |
| 2013 | 230 | #904 |
| 2012 | 209 | #962 |
| 2011 | 181 | #1,046 |
| 2010 | 160 | #1,157 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,324 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,496 |
| 2006 | 75 | #1,823 |
| 2005 | 82 | #1,646 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Titan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Titan
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