Jan

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 71% girls / 29% boys

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 1911 and has been recorded in 107 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1956 with 3,201 babies (rank #136 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

76,882

Total babies (all years)

107

Years in the data

3,201

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
1911	8	#1,860
1912	8	#2,242
1913	8	#2,435
1914	8	#2,751
1915	11	#2,610
1916	15	#2,182
1917	20	#1,807
1918	20	#1,919
1919	12	#2,722
1920	19	#2,036
1921	25	#1,743
1922	27	#1,626
1923	13	#2,648
1924	32	#1,486
1925	31	#1,482
1926	31	#1,461
1927	49	#1,094
1928	50	#1,064
1929	46	#1,084
1930	60	#945
1931	104	#650
1932	119	#603
1933	115	#608
1934	160	#509
1935	188	#465
1936	229	#429
1937	239	#418
1938	269	#408
1939	304	#378
1940	331	#356
1941	445	#306
1942	534	#294
1943	641	#278
1944	611	#279
1945	864	#221
1946	1,149	#210
1947	1,358	#196
1948	1,262	#206
1949	1,522	#180
1950	1,725	#166
1951	2,185	#145
1952	2,481	#143
1953	2,607	#140
1954	2,992	#131
1955	2,769	#138
1956	3,201	#136
1957	2,991	#140
1958	2,631	#153
1959	2,587	#161
1960	2,447	#166
1961	2,032	#188
1962	1,778	#203
1963	1,562	#218
1964	1,259	#249
1965	937	#285
1966	842	#304
1967	746	#317
1968	655	#344
1969	570	#398
1970	498	#442
1971	412	#477
1972	377	#476
1973	295	#559
1974	324	#519
1975	262	#606
1976	254	#617
1977	231	#679
1978	245	#657
1979	197	#800
1980	186	#841
1981	163	#921
1982	163	#926
1983	143	#1,001
1984	124	#1,113
1985	90	#1,415
1986	70	#1,677
1987	75	#1,637
1988	66	#1,875
1989	46	#2,492
1990	46	#2,580
1991	41	#2,858
1992	29	#3,715
1993	16	#5,775
1994	18	#5,332
1995	27	#3,924
1996	18	#5,377
1997	15	#6,294
1998	12	#7,735
1999	8	#10,743
2000	17	#6,313
2001	15	#7,101
2002	6	#14,319
2003	10	#9,979
2004	9	#11,069
2005	10	#10,435
2006	6	#15,925
2007	6	#16,315
2009	8	#12,945
2010	5	#18,136
2011	7	#13,948
2012	8	#12,701
2013	7	#13,764
2015	8	#12,301
2016	5	#17,326
2019	5	#16,550
2020	5	#16,130
2021	5	#16,248