Feminine dossier · first seen 1911

Jan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1956

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

3,201

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1911Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

54,527

Jan is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 3,201 girls were named Jan.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 54,527 Americans have been named Jan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1911.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1956

19563,201 girls named Jan

20240 (extinct) girls named Jan

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