Titan comes from the Greek Titanes, the race of giant gods who ruled before Zeus and the Olympians; in English the word means a "giant" or a person of enormous strength and influence. As a first name it is a recent American choice in the bold style of Maverick and Legend. Titan had fewer than 30 births a year in 2000, entered the top 1000 in 2012, peaked at number 621 in 2017, dropped out again in 2024 and ranks number 1295 in 2025.