Jaan
Jaan is a name with a single cultural origin: Estonian.
- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Jaan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaan is a name with a single cultural origin: Estonian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Estonian
The Story of Jaan
American parents first put Jaan on the record books as a baby boy name in 1999, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 12 Jaans were born — ranking #6,460 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 47% of all recorded Jaans. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 146 Jaans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jaan
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About the name Jaan
Jaan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 146 births in the dataset. Jaan's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #6,460. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.