Jawan
- Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 99.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 119 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,462since 1972
Jawan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jawan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,264 | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,428 | 43 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,249 | 46 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,460 | 84 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,713 | 66 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,749 | 58 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,574 | 67 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,065 | 119 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,321 | 82 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,405 | 71 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,477 | 64 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,620 | 55 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,778 | 47 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,019 | 37 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Jawan! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2014–2016, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Jawan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jawan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jawan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 496 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1997 at #1,065 (119 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 2 yrs later
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 15,842
- Highest: 1 in 15,842 boys born in 1997 were named Jawan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 43.0% of all boys named Jawan (628) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 87 | #2,601 (1976) | #3,390 |
| 1980s | 236 | #1,619 (1980) | #2,393 |
| 1990s | 628 | #1,065 (1997) | #1,644 |
| 2000s | 353 | #1,460 (2001) | #3,635 |
| 2010s | 107 | #5,200 (2011) | #7,587 |
| 2020s | 51 | #7,587 (2021) | #8,671 |
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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