Jathen — boys' name
157 babies named Jathen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
157 boys have been named Jathen since 1998, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2015.
- 157
- total births
- 1998–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Jathen was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jathen in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jathen
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Jathen between 1998 and 2015, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jathen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jathen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jathen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jathen 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 157 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.
Jathen at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jathen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1998
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
157 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 19 births in a single year.
Jathen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 103 births that decade — 66% of Jathen's all-time total
Jathen decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jathen's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
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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, 1998–2015 (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.