Boys' name · since 1998
Jacan
15 babies named Jacan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jacan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 15 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Jacan recorded 15 times among boys since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2007.
- #31,391 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacan ranks #31,391 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jacan's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jacan splits its recorded history at 2006: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births).
Jacan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2007
- Peak year (1998)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jacan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Jacan's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jacan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jacan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jacan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.