Jan is a familiar variant of Jane that peaked in 1954 and has since faded.
Jan is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #15,898 among girls (5) and #2,731 among boys (47) — overall #5,503 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | 61 | #15,898 | #2,731 |
| 2024 | 66 | 79 | — | #2,198 |
| 2023 | 69 | 82 | — | #2,118 |
| 2022 | 68 | 73 | — | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 67 | 79 | #16,260 | #2,262 |
| 2020 | 74 | 90 | #16,139 | #2,056 |
| 2019 | 59 | 73 | #16,561 | #2,472 |
| 2018 | 82 | 100 | — | #1,843 |
| 2017 | 63 | 84 | — | #2,158 |
| 2016 | 89 | 110 | #17,331 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 101 | 125 | #12,303 | #1,685 |
| 2014 | 84 | 133 | — | #1,787 |
| 2013 | 119 | 165 | #13,765 | #1,469 |
| 2012 | 115 | 171 | #12,702 | #1,505 |
| 2011 | 123 | 195 | #13,950 | #1,426 |
| 2010 | 140 | 246 | #18,137 | #1,286 |
| 2009 | 168 | 295 | #12,946 | #1,143 |
| 2008 | 206 | 342 | — | #971 |
| 2007 | 195 | 334 | #16,315 | #1,014 |
| 2006 | 285 | 470 | #15,925 | #758 |
| 2005 | 225 | 406 | #10,436 | #856 |
| 2004 | 244 | 462 | #11,069 | #776 |
| 2003 | 201 | 427 | #9,979 | #885 |
| 2002 | 181 | 451 | #14,320 | #920 |
| 2001 | 229 | 516 | #7,102 | #790 |
| 2000 | 209 | 484 | #6,314 | #837 |
| 1999 | 115 | 376 | #10,742 | #1,198 |
| 1998 | 93 | 347 | #7,736 | #1,412 |
| 1997 | 92 | — | #6,295 | #1,416 |
| 1996 | 119 | — | #5,377 | #1,162 |
| 1995 | 134 | — | #3,924 | #1,100 |
| 1994 | 123 | — | #5,332 | #1,098 |
| 1993 | 111 | — | #5,775 | #1,152 |
| 1992 | 124 | — | #3,716 | #1,131 |
| 1991 | 142 | — | #2,858 | #1,084 |
| 1990 | 172 | — | #2,580 | #915 |
| 1989 | 148 | — | #2,492 | #1,019 |
| 1988 | 175 | — | #1,875 | #915 |
| 1987 | 176 | — | #1,637 | #940 |
| 1986 | 187 | — | #1,677 | #837 |
| 1985 | 221 | — | #1,415 | #775 |
| 1984 | 269 | — | #1,113 | #723 |
| 1983 | 256 | — | #1,001 | #823 |
| 1982 | 306 | — | #926 | #726 |
| 1981 | 281 | — | #921 | #809 |
| 1980 | 300 | — | #841 | #824 |
| 1979 | 329 | — | #800 | #756 |
| 1978 | 377 | — | #657 | #733 |
| 1977 | 343 | — | #679 | #807 |
| 1976 | 400 | — | #617 | #685 |
| 1975 | 359 | — | #606 | #848 |
| 1974 | 425 | — | #519 | #798 |
| 1973 | 419 | — | #559 | #724 |
| 1972 | 505 | — | #476 | #710 |
| 1971 | 555 | — | #477 | #693 |
| 1970 | 661 | — | #442 | #636 |
| 1969 | 732 | — | #398 | #611 |
| 1968 | 833 | — | #344 | #569 |
| 1967 | 924 | — | #317 | #560 |
| 1966 | 1,043 | — | #304 | #536 |
| 1965 | 1,156 | — | #285 | #519 |
| 1964 | 1,474 | — | #249 | #536 |
| 1963 | 1,791 | — | #218 | #526 |
| 1962 | 2,074 | — | #203 | #464 |
| 1961 | 2,380 | — | #188 | #426 |
| 1960 | 2,817 | — | #166 | #412 |
| 1959 | 2,979 | — | #161 | #402 |
| 1958 | 3,060 | — | #153 | #375 |
| 1957 | 3,421 | — | #140 | #371 |
| 1956 | 3,704 | — | #136 | #331 |
| 1955 | 3,423 | — | #138 | #279 |
| 1954 | 3,761 | — | #131 | #252 |
| 1953 | 3,187 | — | #140 | #292 |
| 1952 | 3,107 | — | #143 | #275 |
| 1951 | 2,917 | — | #145 | #248 |
| 1950 | 2,333 | — | #166 | #267 |
| 1949 | 2,073 | — | #180 | #289 |
| 1948 | 1,902 | — | #206 | #257 |
| 1947 | 2,034 | — | #196 | #254 |
| 1946 | 1,715 | — | #210 | #266 |
| 1945 | 1,360 | — | #221 | #263 |
| 1944 | 1,155 | — | #279 | #247 |
| 1943 | 1,192 | — | #278 | #256 |
| 1942 | 1,046 | — | #294 | #263 |
| 1941 | 904 | — | #306 | #259 |
| 1940 | 680 | — | #356 | #299 |
| 1939 | 612 | — | #378 | #315 |
| 1938 | 586 | — | #408 | #308 |
| 1937 | 484 | — | #418 | #348 |
| 1936 | 501 | — | #429 | #332 |
| 1935 | 384 | — | #465 | #389 |
| 1934 | 305 | — | #509 | #469 |
| 1933 | 201 | — | #608 | #625 |
| 1932 | 167 | — | #603 | #945 |
| 1931 | 153 | — | #650 | #930 |
| 1930 | 89 | — | #945 | #1,353 |
| 1929 | 74 | — | #1,084 | #1,356 |
| 1928 | 83 | — | #1,064 | #1,262 |
| 1927 | 72 | — | #1,094 | #1,620 |
| 1926 | 45 | — | #1,461 | #2,251 |
| 1925 | 57 | — | #1,482 | #1,475 |
| 1924 | 46 | — | #1,486 | #2,289 |
| 1923 | 34 | — | #2,648 | #1,722 |
| 1922 | 48 | — | #1,626 | #1,727 |
| 1921 | 43 | — | #1,743 | #1,945 |
| 1920 | 48 | — | #2,036 | #1,364 |
| 1919 | 36 | — | #2,722 | #1,508 |
| 1918 | 53 | — | #1,919 | #1,224 |
| 1917 | 42 | — | #1,807 | #1,560 |
| 1916 | 33 | — | #2,182 | #1,730 |
| 1915 | 33 | — | #2,610 | #1,485 |
| 1914 | 29 | — | #2,751 | #1,321 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | #2,435 | #1,740 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #2,242 | #1,963 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,860 | — |
| 1910 | 9 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | — | #1,373 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | — | #1,332 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,221 |