Janan — girls' name
645 babies named Janan in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Janan was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Janan in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janan
The Social Security Administration has registered 645 babies named Janan between 1938 and 2023, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janan performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Janan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Janan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janan 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 645 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.
Janan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1938
- Peak year (1958)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
645 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 20 births in a single year.
Janan popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1989 (Janan as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Janan accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Janan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 140 births that decade — 22% of Janan's all-time total
Janan decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Janan's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Janan by state
Where Janan concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 0.9% |
10 of 645 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1938–2023 (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.