How rare is the name Jan?

81,839 people in the United States have the first name Jan, about 1 in 3,691. It ranks #645 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAN

#645

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
81,839
About
1 in 3,691
This common or more
63%
Who bears it

Of the 81,839 people named Jan, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 68.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jan peaked in 1954, when 3,761 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19022025
Peak year
1954
Births that year
3,761
In 2025*
52 ▼99%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 76,934 babies have been given the name since 1902. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #243. The largest share of babies named Jan, 65.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,84016
1910s#2,184278
1920s#1,867550
1930s#6313,482
1940s#32714,061
1950s#24331,892
1960s#39915,224
1970s#8284,373
1980s#1,3152,319
1990s#2,3541,225
2000s#1,9662,143
2010s#3,606975
2020s#4,645396
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4513%
Baby boom 1946–6465.2%
Generation X 1965–8012.2%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–123.7%
2013 and later1.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jan has been most common in Hawaii (2.4×), Utah (1.9×), and Oregon (1.7×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.16×).

69,403 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jan

#643 Madelyn · 82,365#644 Gladys · 81,883#646 Penny · 81,497#647 Cristina · 81,417

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jan, most common first.

#140 Jane · 356,607#999 Jana · 43,056#6,301 Jann · 2,559#6,753 Jaun · 2,340#7,456 Jani · 2,047#13,698 Jany · 876#16,310 Jam · 694#18,554 Jahn · 580

Also a last name

As a last name, Jan ranks #11,775 of 156,621, with 2,544 people. See Jan as a last name

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