Jan
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to girls 70.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 2,993 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 54,531since 1911
Jan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | — | #2,190 | 66 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,113 | 69 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,150 | 68 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,253 | 62 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #2,046 | 69 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2018 | — | #1,838 | 82 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,154 | 63 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,799 | 84 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #1,677 | 93 |
| 2014 | — | #1,781 | 84 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #1,468 | 112 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #1,498 | 107 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,425 | 116 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,284 | 135 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #1,143 | 160 |
| 2008 | — | #968 | 206 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #1,014 | 189 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #758 | 279 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #854 | 215 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #774 | 235 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #884 | 191 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #917 | 175 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #788 | 214 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #835 | 192 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,194 | 107 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #1,406 | 81 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #1,413 | 77 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #1,162 | 101 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #1,097 | 107 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #1,096 | 105 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #1,152 | 95 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #1,130 | 95 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | #1,083 | 101 |
| 1990 | #2,571 | 46 | #914 | 126 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 | #1,016 | 102 |
| 1988 | #1,863 | 66 | #914 | 109 |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 | #939 | 101 |
| 1986 | #1,669 | 70 | #835 | 117 |
| 1985 | #1,410 | 90 | #775 | 131 |
| 1984 | #1,112 | 124 | #723 | 145 |
| 1983 | #1,000 | 143 | #821 | 113 |
| 1982 | #925 | 163 | #723 | 143 |
| 1981 | #920 | 163 | #808 | 118 |
| 1980 | #840 | 186 | #823 | 114 |
| 1979 | #800 | 197 | #755 | 132 |
| 1978 | #655 | 245 | #732 | 132 |
| 1977 | #679 | 231 | #807 | 112 |
| 1976 | #616 | 254 | #683 | 146 |
| 1975 | #606 | 262 | #841 | 97 |
| 1974 | #518 | 324 | #796 | 101 |
| 1973 | #557 | 295 | #723 | 124 |
| 1972 | #476 | 377 | #707 | 128 |
| 1971 | #477 | 412 | #692 | 143 |
| 1970 | #442 | 498 | #635 | 163 |
| 1969 | #398 | 569 | #611 | 163 |
| 1968 | #344 | 655 | #569 | 178 |
| 1967 | #317 | 746 | #560 | 178 |
| 1966 | #304 | 842 | #535 | 201 |
| 1965 | #285 | 937 | #518 | 219 |
| 1964 | #249 | 1,259 | #533 | 215 |
| 1963 | #218 | 1,562 | #526 | 229 |
| 1962 | #203 | 1,778 | #464 | 296 |
| 1961 | #188 | 2,032 | #426 | 348 |
| 1960 | #166 | 2,447 | #410 | 370 |
| 1959 | #161 | 2,587 | #401 | 392 |
| 1958 | #153 | 2,631 | #374 | 429 |
| 1957 | #140 | 2,991 | #371 | 430 |
| 1956 | #136 | 3,201 | #331 | 503 |
| 1955 | #138 | 2,768 | #278 | 655 |
| 1954 | #131 | 2,993 | #252 | 768 |
| 1953 | #140 | 2,607 | #292 | 580 |
| 1952 | #143 | 2,481 | #275 | 626 |
| 1951 | #145 | 2,185 | #248 | 732 |
| 1950 | #165 | 1,725 | #267 | 608 |
| 1949 | #180 | 1,522 | #289 | 551 |
| 1948 | #206 | 1,262 | #257 | 640 |
| 1947 | #196 | 1,358 | #253 | 676 |
| 1946 | #210 | 1,149 | #266 | 566 |
| 1945 | #221 | 864 | #263 | 496 |
| 1944 | #279 | 611 | #247 | 544 |
| 1943 | #278 | 641 | #255 | 551 |
| 1942 | #294 | 534 | #263 | 512 |
| 1941 | #306 | 445 | #259 | 459 |
| 1940 | #356 | 331 | #299 | 349 |
| 1939 | #378 | 304 | #315 | 308 |
| 1938 | #407 | 269 | #308 | 317 |
| 1937 | #418 | 239 | #348 | 245 |
| 1936 | #428 | 229 | #332 | 272 |
| 1935 | #465 | 188 | #389 | 196 |
| 1934 | #506 | 160 | #469 | 145 |
| 1933 | #607 | 115 | #624 | 86 |
| 1932 | #602 | 119 | #937 | 48 |
| 1931 | #649 | 104 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #941 | 60 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,061 | 50 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,088 | 49 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,475 | 32 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #1,611 | 27 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #1,211 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Jan! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2008, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jan is popular in 1962
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#76 · 1 in 289
- Utah#87 · 1 in 311
- Idaho#107 · 1 in 402
- Vermont#111 · 1 in 425
- Montana#114 · 1 in 389
Best ever in a state: #40 in Utah, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #76 | 22 | 1 in 289 |
| Utah | #87 | 34 | 1 in 311 |
| Idaho | #107 | 15 | 1 in 402 |
| Vermont | #111 | 8 | 1 in 425 |
| Montana | #114 | 16 | 1 in 389 |
| Iowa | #122 | 55 | 1 in 497 |
| Georgia | #124 | 84 | 1 in 520 |
| Alabama | #144 | 50 | 1 in 667 |
| Oregon | #145 | 27 | 1 in 570 |
| Tennessee | #147 | 48 | 1 in 742 |
| Oklahoma | #155 | 30 | 1 in 687 |
| Missouri | #156 | 58 | 1 in 734 |
| Washington | #162 | 42 | 1 in 661 |
| Kansas | #165 | 26 | 1 in 763 |
| Nebraska | #166 | 19 | 1 in 755 |
| South Carolina | #167 | 33 | 1 in 769 |
| North Carolina | #169 | 56 | 1 in 851 |
| Louisiana | #171 | 46 | 1 in 827 |
| Arkansas | #172 | 21 | 1 in 839 |
| Indiana | #172 | 58 | 1 in 835 |
| Wisconsin | #172 | 45 | 1 in 941 |
| Minnesota | #177 | 41 | 1 in 924 |
| North Dakota | #179 | 8 | 1 in 774 |
| New Hampshire | #180 | 6 | 1 in 926 |
| South Dakota | #180 | 8 | 1 in 838 |
| Florida | #188 | 55 | 1 in 895 |
| Mississippi | #196 | 27 | 1 in 915 |
| Michigan | #197 | 76 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Illinois | #208 | 90 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Kentucky | #208 | 27 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Texas | #214 | 111 | 1 in 996 |
| Ohio | #215 | 76 | 1 in 1,296 |
| California | #222 | 148 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Maine | #236 | 7 | 1 in 1,417 |
| Maryland | #241 | 19 | 1 in 1,541 |
| Colorado | #242 | 16 | 1 in 1,199 |
| New Jersey | #249 | 35 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Connecticut | #253 | 14 | 1 in 1,691 |
| Pennsylvania | #258 | 57 | 1 in 1,831 |
| West Virginia | #278 | 9 | 1 in 1,791 |
| Massachusetts | #280 | 21 | 1 in 2,446 |
| Virginia | #286 | 20 | 1 in 2,012 |
| Arizona | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,543 |
| District of Columbia | #299 | 7 | 1 in 1,866 |
| New Mexico | #307 | 7 | 1 in 1,647 |
| New York | #322 | 75 | 1 in 2,178 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jan
- 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
- 3,107 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1931 (#941 → #649)
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1979 (#655 → #800)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1954 at #131 (2,993 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1930–1983
- Highest: 1 in 627 girls born in 1956 were named Jan (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #131 in 1954, was only 1 in 649 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 48.0% of all girls named Jan (26,169) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1983, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 110 | #1,773 (1917) | #2,207 |
| 1920s | 323 | #1,061 (1928) | #1,555 |
| 1930s | 1,787 | #378 (1939) | #540 |
| 1940s | 8,717 | #180 (1949) | #253 |
| 1950s | 26,169 | #131 (1954) | #145 |
| 1960s | 12,827 | #166 (1960) | #267 |
| 1970s | 3,095 | #442 (1970) | #583 |
| 1980s | 1,126 | #840 (1980) | #1,385 |
| 1990s | 230 | #2,571 (1990) | #5,321 |
| 2000s | 87 | #6,208 (2000) | #11,147 |
| 2010s | 45 | #11,835 (2015) | #14,182 |
| 2020s | 15 | #14,942 (2025) | #15,094 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jan in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 1,106 of them was named Jan, which outranked 97.3% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 6,989 of them was named Jan, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.