Jann
The Story of Jann
As a girl name
Jann first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1932, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1956: 136 births, good for #850 nationwide. About 51% of every Jann on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Jann last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jann first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1948, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 13 births, good for #5,812 nationwide. About 43% of every Jann on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jann last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 143 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jann
Jann is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1932 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Jann's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #850. Use the chart and map above to compare Jann'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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