Jan**
#454 most common girls' name of all time · #837 across all names · 29% male / 71% female · used 1902–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#454
Rank overall
#837 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
76,934
Since 2016
689
Peak year
1954 #131
Best rank
#131 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 3,761/yr
Jan first appears in 1902. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #15,036 |
| 2024 | — | 66 | 66 | — |
| 2023 | — | 69 | 69 | — |
| 2022 | — | 68 | 68 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 62 | 67 | #15,360 |
| 2020 | 5 | 69 | 74 | #15,202 |
| 2019 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #15,660 |
| 2018 | — | 82 | 82 | — |
| 2017 | — | 63 | 63 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 84 | 89 | #16,325 |
| 2015 | 8 | 93 | 101 | #11,900 |
| 2014 | — | 84 | 84 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 112 | 119 | #13,217 |
| 2012 | 8 | 107 | 115 | #12,268 |
| 2011 | 7 | 116 | 123 | #13,428 |
| 2010 | 5 | 135 | 140 | #17,097 |
| 2009 | 8 | 160 | 168 | #12,495 |
| 2008 | — | 206 | 206 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 189 | 195 | #15,593 |
| 2006 | 6 | 279 | 285 | #15,232 |
| 2005 | 10 | 215 | 225 | #10,174 |
| 2004 | 9 | 235 | 244 | #10,744 |
| 2003 | 10 | 191 | 201 | #9,729 |
| 2002 | 6 | 175 | 181 | #13,678 |
| 2001 | 15 | 214 | 229 | #6,992 |
| 2000 | 17 | 192 | 209 | #6,237 |
| 1999 | 8 | 107 | 115 | #10,412 |
| 1998 | 12 | 81 | 93 | #7,582 |
| 1997 | 15 | 77 | 92 | #6,196 |
| 1996 | 18 | 101 | 119 | #5,305 |
| 1995 | 27 | 107 | 134 | #3,890 |
| 1994 | 18 | 105 | 123 | #5,269 |
| 1993 | 16 | 95 | 111 | #5,711 |
| 1992 | 29 | 95 | 124 | #3,701 |
| 1991 | 41 | 101 | 142 | #2,853 |
| 1990 | 46 | 126 | 172 | #2,576 |
| 1989 | 46 | 102 | 148 | #2,485 |
| 1988 | 66 | 109 | 175 | #1,871 |
| 1987 | 75 | 101 | 176 | #1,634 |
| 1986 | 70 | 117 | 187 | #1,672 |
| 1985 | 90 | 131 | 221 | #1,412 |
| 1984 | 124 | 145 | 269 | #1,112 |
| 1983 | 143 | 113 | 256 | #1,001 |
| 1982 | 163 | 143 | 306 | #926 |
| 1981 | 163 | 118 | 281 | #921 |
| 1980 | 186 | 114 | 300 | #842 |
| 1979 | 197 | 132 | 329 | #801 |
| 1978 | 245 | 132 | 377 | #656 |
| 1977 | 231 | 112 | 343 | #679 |
| 1976 | 254 | 146 | 400 | #619 |
| 1975 | 262 | 97 | 359 | #607 |
| 1974 | 324 | 101 | 425 | #519 |
| 1973 | 295 | 124 | 419 | #558 |
| 1972 | 377 | 128 | 505 | #477 |
| 1971 | 412 | 143 | 555 | #477 |
| 1970 | 498 | 163 | 661 | #442 |
| 1969 | 569 | 163 | 732 | #398 |
| 1968 | 655 | 178 | 833 | #344 |
| 1967 | 746 | 178 | 924 | #318 |
| 1966 | 842 | 201 | 1,043 | #304 |
| 1965 | 937 | 219 | 1,156 | #285 |
| 1964 | 1,259 | 215 | 1,474 | #249 |
| 1963 | 1,562 | 229 | 1,791 | #218 |
| 1962 | 1,778 | 296 | 2,074 | #203 |
| 1961 | 2,032 | 348 | 2,380 | #188 |
| 1960 | 2,447 | 370 | 2,817 | #166 |
| 1959 | 2,587 | 392 | 2,979 | #161 |
| 1958 | 2,631 | 429 | 3,060 | #153 |
| 1957 | 2,991 | 430 | 3,421 | #140 |
| 1956 | 3,201 | 503 | 3,704 | #136 |
| 1955 | 2,768 | 655 | 3,423 | #138 |
| 1954 | 2,993 | 768 | 3,761 | #131 |
| 1953 | 2,607 | 580 | 3,187 | #140 |
| 1952 | 2,481 | 626 | 3,107 | #143 |
| 1951 | 2,185 | 732 | 2,917 | #145 |
| 1950 | 1,725 | 608 | 2,333 | #166 |
| 1949 | 1,522 | 551 | 2,073 | #180 |
| 1948 | 1,262 | 640 | 1,902 | #206 |
| 1947 | 1,358 | 676 | 2,034 | #196 |
| 1946 | 1,149 | 566 | 1,715 | #210 |
| 1945 | 864 | 496 | 1,360 | #221 |
| 1944 | 611 | 544 | 1,155 | #279 |
| 1943 | 641 | 551 | 1,192 | #278 |
| 1942 | 534 | 512 | 1,046 | #294 |
| 1941 | 445 | 459 | 904 | #306 |
| 1940 | 331 | 349 | 680 | #356 |
| 1939 | 304 | 308 | 612 | #378 |
| 1938 | 269 | 317 | 586 | #410 |
| 1937 | 239 | 245 | 484 | #419 |
| 1936 | 229 | 272 | 501 | #429 |
| 1935 | 188 | 196 | 384 | #465 |
| 1934 | 160 | 145 | 305 | #509 |
| 1933 | 115 | 86 | 201 | #608 |
| 1932 | 119 | 48 | 167 | #604 |
| 1931 | 104 | 49 | 153 | #652 |
| 1930 | 60 | 29 | 89 | #947 |
| 1929 | 46 | 28 | 74 | #1,092 |
| 1928 | 50 | 33 | 83 | #1,067 |
| 1927 | 49 | 23 | 72 | #1,094 |
| 1926 | 31 | 14 | 45 | #1,478 |
| 1925 | 31 | 26 | 57 | #1,492 |
| 1924 | 32 | 14 | 46 | #1,492 |
| 1923 | 13 | 21 | 34 | #2,659 |
| 1922 | 27 | 21 | 48 | #1,635 |
| 1921 | 25 | 18 | 43 | #1,755 |
| 1920 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #2,063 |
| 1919 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #2,731 |
| 1918 | 20 | 33 | 53 | #1,939 |
| 1917 | 20 | 22 | 42 | #1,827 |
| 1916 | 15 | 18 | 33 | #2,212 |
| 1915 | 11 | 22 | 33 | #2,621 |
| 1914 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #2,780 |
| 1913 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #2,444 |
| 1912 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #2,296 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,920 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | — |