Jahan

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Peak · boys
#2,848
2018 · 42 births
Debut · boys
1971
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
832
since 1971

Jahan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #10,275, 1983peak #2,848, 2018girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#11,9327#2,94142
2024—#3,21637
2023—#3,56632
2022—#3,53332
2021#12,2067#3,65130
2020—#3,81127
2019—#3,89927
2018—#2,84842
2017—#3,44032
2016—#4,47022
2015#14,4826#8,7448
2014—#4,86619
2013—#3,96425
2012—#4,68620
2011—#4,50921
2010—#6,35913
2009—#4,16024
2008—#6,07014
2007—#4,80819
2006#17,1685#5,30316
2005—#5,03416
2004—#6,97610
2003—#5,03515
2002#15,4325#3,79422
2001—#5,14214
2000—#4,57316
1999—#6,04210
1998—#5,46611
1997—#9,2655
1996—#5,18711
1995—#4,79112
1994—#5,45210
1993—#5,36010
1992—#3,45918
1991—#5,5219
1990—#5,8238
1989—#4,27112
1988#11,7985#4,45010
1987—#4,9688
1986—#3,88211
1985—#4,6988
1984—#3,45912
1983#10,2755#3,63011
1982#10,5175#4,5938
1981—#3,60111
1980—#5,5256
1979—#3,81010
1978—#3,61410
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1974—#4,6346
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1972—#4,9865
1971—#4,9075
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Jahan! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jahan is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMINew York: #1,410 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,060 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,203 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,246 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Jahan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,410 · 1 in 12,060
  2. California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246

Best ever in a state: #1,111 in New York, 1978.

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New York#1,41071 in 12,060
California#2,20361 in 29,246
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See more about Jahan
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 275 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,941)
  • 870 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #2,941)
  • 5,803 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #2,941)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2018 at #2,848 (42 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 40,668
  • Highest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 were named Jahan (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,848 in 2018, was only 1 in 43,242 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.5% of all boys named Jahan (229) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s36#3,614 (1978)#4,390
1980s97#3,459 (1984)#4,308
1990s104#3,459 (1992)#5,637
2000s166#3,794 (2002)#5,090
2010s229#2,848 (2018)#4,779
2020s200#2,941 (2025)#3,453

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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