Jan
Boy · YAN · Hebrew
Jan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 650th for boys in the UK (63 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Jan mean?
Hebrew: Dutch, Polish, Czech and Scandinavian form of John
“God is gracious”
The usual form of John in Dutch, Polish and Czech; in English, Jan is also a short form of Janet.
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Is Jan a girl's or a boy's name?
Jan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 47 boys in the US.
How popular is Jan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #650among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 4,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the UK were named Jan, making it the 650th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 303rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 264 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jan than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Jan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 639th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Jan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #650 |
| 2024 | 81 | #538 |
| 2023 | 101 | #441 |
| 2022 | 106 | #434 |
| 2021 | 140 | #359 |
| 2020 | 172 | #303 |
| 2019 | 179 | #305 |
| 2018 | 241 | #240 |
| 2017 | 264 | #231 |
| 2016 | 226 | #266 |
| 2015 | 232 | #258 |
| 2014 | 215 | #267 |
| 2013 | 222 | #254 |
| 2012 | 215 | #258 |
| 2011 | 163 | #311 |
| 2010 | 142 | #339 |
| 2009 | 166 | #296 |
| 2008 | 142 | #322 |
| 2007 | 106 | #377 |
| 2006 | 69 | #502 |
| 2005 | 42 | #689 |
| 2004 | 34 | #746 |
| 2003 | 39 | #636 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 27 | #705 |
| 1998 | 42 | #518 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 25 | #677 |
How popular is Jan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Jan, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 768 boys. It first appears in the records in 1902. 5 girls were also named Jan in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Jan than any year since 1930.
Half of all the boys named Jan in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were given Jan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,411, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 33% of the babies named Jan in the US in 1915, and 10% in 2025.
Jan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,149 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,153 |
| 2016 | 84 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 93 | #1,677 |
| 2014 | 84 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,468 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,498 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,425 |
| 2010 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,143 |
| 2008 | 206 | #968 |
| 2007 | 189 | #1,014 |
| 2006 | 279 | #758 |
| 2005 | 215 | #854 |
| 2004 | 235 | #774 |
| 2003 | 191 | #883 |
| 2002 | 175 | #916 |
| 2001 | 214 | #787 |
| 2000 | 192 | #833 |
| 1999 | 107 | #1,192 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 101 | #1,160 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,094 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,092 |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,148 |
| 1992 | 95 | #1,126 |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,077 |
| 1990 | 126 | #910 |
| 1989 | 102 | #1,013 |
| 1988 | 109 | #913 |
| 1987 | 101 | #938 |
| 1986 | 117 | #835 |
| 1985 | 131 | #775 |
| 1984 | 145 | #723 |
| 1983 | 113 | #821 |
| 1982 | 143 | #723 |
| 1981 | 118 | #808 |
| 1980 | 114 | #823 |
| 1979 | 132 | #755 |
| 1978 | 132 | #732 |
| 1977 | 112 | #807 |
| 1976 | 146 | #683 |
| 1975 | 97 | #841 |
| 1974 | 101 | #796 |
| 1973 | 124 | #723 |
| 1972 | 128 | #707 |
| 1971 | 143 | #692 |
| 1970 | 163 | #635 |
| 1969 | 163 | #611 |
| 1968 | 178 | #569 |
| 1967 | 178 | #560 |
| 1966 | 201 | #535 |
| 1965 | 219 | #518 |
| 1964 | 215 | #533 |
| 1963 | 229 | #526 |
| 1962 | 296 | #464 |
| 1961 | 348 | #426 |
| 1960 | 370 | #410 |
| 1959 | 392 | #401 |
| 1958 | 429 | #374 |
| 1957 | 430 | #371 |
| 1956 | 503 | #331 |
| 1955 | 655 | #278 |
| 1954 | 768 | #252 |
| 1953 | 580 | #292 |
| 1952 | 626 | #275 |
| 1951 | 732 | #248 |
| 1950 | 608 | #267 |
| 1949 | 551 | #289 |
| 1948 | 640 | #257 |
| 1947 | 676 | #253 |
| 1946 | 566 | #266 |
| 1945 | 496 | #263 |
| 1944 | 544 | #247 |
| 1943 | 551 | #255 |
| 1942 | 512 | #263 |
| 1941 | 459 | #259 |
| 1940 | 349 | #299 |
| 1939 | 308 | #315 |
| 1938 | 317 | #308 |
| 1937 | 245 | #348 |
| 1936 | 272 | #332 |
| 1935 | 196 | #389 |
| 1934 | 145 | #469 |
| 1933 | 86 | #624 |
| 1932 | 48 | #937 |
| 1931 | 49 | #922 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,254 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,211 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,300 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
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