Jowan

Peak · boys
1980 · 10 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
157
since 1980

Jowan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jowan has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,838, 1980boys
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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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2023#10,8216
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2021#9,7147
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2012#12,2745
2011#10,8086
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2008#12,5535
2007#12,3675
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2004#11,3565
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2001#6,9359
2000#7,4168
1999#7,1398
1998#6,3149
1997#4,45114
1996#5,53510
1995#6,9927
1994#4,53713
1993#6,2288
1992#8,4355
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1981#6,2625
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five boys were named Jowan! It came in at #3,838, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jowan is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jowan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jowan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 1980 at #3,838 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 1 yr 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 134,653
  • Highest: 1 in 134,653 boys born in 1997 were named Jowan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,838 in 1980, was only 1 in 178,395 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 47.1% of all boys named Jowan (74) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s27#3,838 (1980)#5,407
1990s74#4,451 (1997)#6,204
2000s32#6,935 (2001)#10,125
2010s11#10,808 (2011)#11,541
2020s13#9,714 (2021)#10,268

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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