Recorded 1998–2020 Boys' name Peak 1999 39 births

Jaen — boys' name

39 babies named Jaen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s102010s122020s5
1990s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Jaen was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

7 babies were named Jaen in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jaen

The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Jaen between 1998 and 2020, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 39 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Jaen at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

39

Since 1998

23 years of records

Peak year

1999

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1998

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2020

Jaen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1998

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1999)
7
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
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Jaen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
12 births that decade — 31% of Jaen's all-time total
1990s122000s102010s122020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaen?
39 babies have been named Jaen since 1998. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1999 with 7 births.
When was Jaen most popular?
Jaen was most popular in the 1990s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
How long has the name Jaen been used?
Jaen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 23 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Jaen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaeden, Jael, Jaedon, Jaedyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.