Jann

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 93.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1953 · 129 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,138
since 1932

Jann over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #809, 1953peak #3,257, 1957girlsboys
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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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2024—#12,3495
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2021—#12,1465
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2009—#12,4915
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2007—#8,9158
2006—#10,6626
2005—#10,1516
2004—#5,81313
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2002—#7,0559
2001—#6,9359
2000—#10,3495
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1991#11,5096—
1990#12,9585#8,1175
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1979#6,6969—
1978#5,95810—
1977#5,53211#4,1648
1976#6,6118—
1975#4,14115—
1974#4,45913—
1973#3,78716—
1972#3,06221#4,9865
1971#2,73626—
1970#2,93823—
1969#2,17134—
1968#2,43126—
1967#2,21229—
1966#2,02233—
1965#1,63547—
1964#1,59351#4,0395
1963#1,83940—
1962#1,52554—
1961#1,32770—
1960#1,19982#4,0385
1959#1,14587—
1958#1,13687—
1957#1,021105#3,2577
1956#850136#3,9425
1955#873124#3,8865
1954#872120—
1953#809129#3,4256
1952#874111#3,7345
1951#882104#3,7145
1950#1,04177—
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1948#1,20956#3,3166
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First appearance
1932

The first year at least five girls were named Jann! It came in at #3,901, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jann is popular in 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedWIMichigan: #631 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,218 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedINOhio: #795 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,263 girlsOHPennsylvania: #914 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 23,182 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,049 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 18,109 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedCONebraska: #222 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,387 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedWVVirginia: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,169 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jann, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#222 · 1 in 1,387
  2. Virginia#592 · 1 in 8,169
  3. Michigan#631 · 1 in 10,218
  4. Ohio#795 · 1 in 15,263
  5. Pennsylvania#914 · 1 in 23,182

Best ever in a state: #208 in Utah, 1956.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#222101 in 1,387
Virginia#59251 in 8,169
Michigan#63191 in 10,218
Ohio#79571 in 15,263
Pennsylvania#91451 in 23,182
California#1,04991 in 18,109
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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 Jann
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
  • Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1951 (#1,041 → #882)
  • Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1957 (#850 → #1,021)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1932
  • Peaked 1953 at #809 (129 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1951–1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,584
  • Highest: 1 in 14,584 girls born in 1953 were named Jann (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 50.5% of all girls named Jann (1,080) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s60#2,101 (1937)#2,906
1940s335#1,209 (1948)#1,623
1950s1,080#809 (1953)#950
1960s466#1,199 (1960)#1,795
1970s152#2,736 (1971)#4,592
1980s34#5,912 (1980)#9,145
1990s11#11,509 (1991)#12,234

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.

Jann in 1958

girls
#1,136
87 births · 1 in 23,122 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #1,136Jann87
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 23,122 of them was named Jann, which outranked 83.8% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jann
  1. #1,129Julianna88
  2. #1,129Lina88
  3. #1,129Nell88
  4. #1,136Jann87
  5. #1,136Anastasia87
  6. #1,136Lesia87
  7. #1,136Sheron87
  8. #1,143Delinda86
  9. #1,143Fonda86
  10. #1,143Judie86

Tied with 6 names at #1,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958 →