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Jahn

Boy · JAHN · Hebrew

Jahn is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Jahn mean?

Hebrew: variant of Jan or John

A spelling of Jan or John, both ultimately from Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious'.

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JAHN

Is Jahn a girl's or a boy's name?

Jahn is a boys' name.

How popular is Jahn in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.

Half of all the boys named Jahn in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1918Busiest: 16 in 20052024
Jahn in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#10,930
20235#12,232
20220–
20215#12,141
20205#12,016
201910#7,638
20180–
20175#12,241
20160–
20150–
20148#8,775
201310#7,532
201211#7,044
20110–
20106#10,759
20096#10,989
200816#5,482
200710#7,586
200611#6,899
200516#5,029
200411#6,514
200312#5,870
20028#7,636
200112#5,660
20000–
19996#8,697
19987#7,553
19975#9,259
19960–
199511#5,118
19940–
19935#8,693
19926#7,414
19910–
199011#4,667
19896#6,934
19880–
19876#6,083
19869#4,453
19855#6,517
19840–
19838#4,497
19820–
19817#4,959
19806#5,523
19790–
19786#5,056
19770–
19760–
19757#4,307
19747#4,188
19736#4,503
19727#3,960
19718#3,656
197010#3,069
196912#2,548
19680–
19670–
19660–
19656#3,535
19649#2,853
19630–
19629#2,846
19610–
19606#3,663
19590–
19586#3,557
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19515#3,712
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19245#4,345
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19185#4,178

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