Jan

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Jan is a form of John that is used in various languages. The name is used in Afrikaans, Belarusian, Circassian, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, English, Dutch, German, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Scandinavian and Finnic languages.

From Wikipedia

Jan first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 10 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 147 babies (rank #78 that year). It was not in the 2025 data.

Numerology of Jan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,258

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

147

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Jan

Jan HusChristian reformer · b. 1370
Jan van Eyckdraftsperson · b. 1390
Jan Tinbergenuniversity teacher · b. 1903
Jan Peter Balkenendehead of government · b. 1956
Jan Nerudatheatre critic · b. 1834

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	130	#63
1953	140	#66
1954	136	#65
1955	116	#74
1956	123	#72
1957	118	#73
1958	112	#74
1959	107	#77
1960	147	#78
1961	128	#92