Jann
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 93.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 129 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,138since 1932
Jann over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,593 | 51 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,327 | 70 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,145 | 87 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,136 | 87 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,021 | 105 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #850 | 136 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #873 | 124 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #872 | 120 | — | |
| 1953 | #809 | 129 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #874 | 111 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #882 | 104 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,041 | 77 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,318 | 48 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,239 | 48 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
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| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | — | |
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| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jann! It came in at #3,901, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Jann
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1951 (#1,041 → #882)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1957 (#850 → #1,021)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1953 at #809 (129 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1951–1956
- Highest: 1 in 14,584 girls born in 1953 were named Jann (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 50.5% of all girls named Jann (1,080) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 60 | #2,101 (1937) | #2,906 |
| 1940s | 335 | #1,209 (1948) | #1,623 |
| 1950s | 1,080 | #809 (1953) | #950 |
| 1960s | 466 | #1,199 (1960) | #1,795 |
| 1970s | 152 | #2,736 (1971) | #4,592 |
| 1980s | 34 | #5,912 (1980) | #9,145 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,509 (1991) | #12,234 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jann in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 14,584 of them was named Jann, which outranked 87.5% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #806Lily130
- #806Lonnie130
- #806Lorena130
- #809Jann129
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- #809Aida129
- #809Catharine129
- #816Cathrine128
- #816Jacquline128
- #816Melodie128
Tied with 6 names at #809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 328,717 of them was named Jann, which outranked 21.1% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).