Jann

Where Jann comes from

Jann hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1932
    First appearance
    #3,901 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1953
    Peak, #809
    129 babies named Jann — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1962
    Jann Arden born
    Canadian singer-songwriter
  4. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,525.
  5. 1991
    Jann Mardenborough born
    British racing driver
  6. 1998
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jann Mardenborough · British racing driver, born 1991
  • Jann Arden · Canadian singer-songwriter, born 1962
  • Jann Wenner · American magazine founder, born 1946
  • Jann Sjursen · Danish politician, born 1963
  • Jann Haworth · American artist, born 1942

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.