Boys' name · since 1998
Jathen
Jathen has 157 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
157 boys have been named Jathen since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jathen has been recorded 157 times among boys since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2015.
- #14,454 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 157 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jathen ranks #14,454 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jathen's 157 recorded births place it above 68.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jathen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jathen's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jathen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2015
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Jathen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (103 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Jathen's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Jathen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 103 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Jathen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2010s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jathen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1998–2015 (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 Jathen 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.