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Titan

Pronounced T AY1 T AH0 N (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2017
  • 46 years in use
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How popular is Titan?

Titan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1979. It has been given to 5,346 children — the 1,488th most common boys' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2017, when 421 children were given it.

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2017Boys: 421Girls: 0

Characteristics

  • Alliterative
  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
T AY1 T AH0 N
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Titan

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Titan

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Titan?
Titan ranks 1,488th among boys' names in US records, with 5,346 births since 1979. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,453.
Is Titan a unisex name?
No. Titan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Titan most popular?
2017, when 421 children were given the name. It has been in use for 46 years and is still recorded as of 2024.