Jan Name Popularity

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How popular is Jan?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

This once, top 1000 name, Jan is currently less popular.

Position 131, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1954.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1956 with 3,200 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Jan was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1914-1917, 1918-1922, and 1923-1954, the name Jan took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1957-1973, 1980-1993, and 1995-1998 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Jan has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Jan has steadily decreased for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Jan lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jan?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Jan is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jan has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Jan (Girl)		Jan (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	81	1,844
2017		< 5	--	63	2,155
2016		5	17,278	84	1,801
2015		8	12,280	93	1,684
2014		< 5	--	84	1,783
2013		7	13,741	111	1,475
2012		7	14,097	107	1,502
2011		7	13,937	116	1,423
2010		5	18,119	135	1,285
2009		8	12,935	160	1,143
2008		< 5	--	206	968
2007		6	16,309	188	1,014
2006		6	15,920	279	758
2005		10	10,432	214	859
2004		9	11,064	235	776
2003		10	9,975	191	885
2002		6	14,313	175	919
2001		15	7,099	214	789
2000		17	6,309	192	837
1999		8	10,741	107	1,197
1998		12	7,733	80	1,423
1997		15	6,292	76	1,429
1996		18	5,377	101	1,162
1995		27	3,923	107	1,100
1994		18	5,332	105	1,098
1993		16	5,775	95	1,152
1992		29	3,714	95	1,131
1991		41	2,858	101	1,085
1990		46	2,579	126	915
1989		46	2,492	102	1,019
1988		66	1,875	109	915
1987		75	1,636	101	940
1986		70	1,678	117	838
1985		90	1,412	129	782
1984		124	1,111	145	723
1983		143	1,001	113	823
1982		163	926	143	725
1981		164	915	118	808
1980		185	842	114	823
1979		197	800	132	756
1978		245	657	132	734
1977		231	679	112	807
1976		254	616	146	685
1975		261	608	97	848
1974		324	520	102	793
1973		296	555	125	722
1972		377	476	128	711
1971		412	477	143	693
1970		498	442	163	636
1969		570	398	163	611
1968		656	344	177	570
1967		746	317	176	565
1966		842	304	201	536
1965		937	285	219	517
1964		1,259	249	215	536
1963		1,562	218	228	527
1962		1,778	203	289	468
1961		2,032	188	346	426
1960		2,448	166	369	414
1959		2,587	161	388	404
1958		2,628	153	428	376
1957		2,989	140	429	370
1956		3,200	136	503	331
1955		2,769	138	650	281
1954		2,992	131	768	252
1953		2,607	140	581	292
1952		2,483	143	625	275
1951		2,185	145	732	248
1950		1,723	167	608	267
1949		1,524	180	551	289
1948		1,262	206	640	257
1947		1,358	196	676	253
1946		1,148	210	566	266
1945		864	221	496	263
1944		611	279	544	247
1943		641	278	551	255
1942		534	294	512	263
1941		445	306	459	259
1940		331	356	350	299
1939		304	378	307	315
1938		269	408	317	308
1937		239	418	245	348
1936		229	429	272	332
1935		187	465	195	390
1934		161	505	146	469
1933		115	608	86	625
1932		119	603	48	945
1931		104	650	49	930
1930		60	945	29	1,351
1929		46	1,085	28	1,356
1928		50	1,064	33	1,262
1927		49	1,094	23	1,619
1926		31	1,461	14	2,251
1925		31	1,482	26	1,475
1924		32	1,486	14	2,289
1923		13	2,649	21	1,723
1922		27	1,626	21	1,727
1921		25	1,743	18	1,945
1920		19	2,036	29	1,364
1919		12	2,722	24	1,508
1918		20	1,919	33	1,224
1917		20	1,807	22	1,560
1916		15	2,182	18	1,730
1915		11	2,610	22	1,485
1914		8	2,751	21	1,321
1913		8	2,435	11	1,740
1912		8	2,242	8	1,963
1911		8	1,861	< 5	--
1910		< 5	--	9	1,160
1909		< 5	--	6	1,373
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	< 5	--
1906		< 5	--	5	1,332
1905		< 5	--	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	5	1,221
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.