Jawaan — boys' name
199 babies named Jawaan in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
199 boys have been named Jawaan since 1984, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2014.
- 199
- total births
- 1984–2014
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Jawaan was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Jawaan in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jawaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Jawaan between 1984 and 2014, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jawaan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jawaan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jawaan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Jawaan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jawaan 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 199 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.
Jawaan at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jawaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1984
- Peak year (1985)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
199 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 26 births in a single year.
Jawaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 88 births that decade — 44% of Jawaan's all-time total
Jawaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jawaan's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Jawaan by state
Where Jawaan concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 10 | 5.0% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.5% |
10 of 199 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 5.0% 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, 1984–2014 (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.