Jahn
Jahn is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include:Constanze Jahn, German chess player David Jahn, Czech burlesque impresario David Jahn, German racing driver Dennis Jahn, German politician Eduard Jahn (1871–1942), German mycologist and microbiologist Erich Jahn, Hitler Youth leader Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852), German educator, founding figure of German Turner athletic…
Meaning & Origin of Jahn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jahn is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include:Constanze Jahn, German chess player David Jahn, Czech burlesque impresario David Jahn, German racing driver Dennis Jahn, German politician Eduard Jahn (1871–1942), German mycologist and microbiologist Erich Jahn, Hitler Youth leader Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852), German educator, founding figure of German Turner athletic…
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The Story of Jahn
The earliest SSA record of Jahn as a baby boy name dates back to 1918, when 5 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Jahn — #5,032 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Jahn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jahn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 385 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jahn
Jahn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 385 births in the dataset. Jahn's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #5,032. Use the chart and map above to compare Jahn'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 .
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