Jaun — boys' name
546 babies named Jaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Jaun was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Jaun in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 546 babies named Jaun between 1947 and 2014, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaun in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaun 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 546 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.
Jaun at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1947
- Peak year (1989)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
546 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 22 births in a single year.
Jaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 136 births that decade — 25% of Jaun's all-time total
Jaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jaun's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Jaun by state
Where Jaun concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 4.2% |
28 of 546 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% 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, 1947–2014 (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.