Unisex name · since 1976
Jehan
347 babies named Jehan in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 347
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jehan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 347 recorded since 1976.
Jehan has 347 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2019.
- #14,709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 347 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jehan ranks #14,709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 347 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 347
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jehan's 347 recorded births place it above 79.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jehan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jehan's full recorded timeline at 1993, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jehan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2019
- Peak year (1988)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jehan popularity over time - boys
156 total births recorded since 1977 (Jehan as boys' name)
Jehan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (139 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Jehan's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jehan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
139 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 139 births (40% of all-time use).
Jehan by state
Where Jehan concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8 | 2.3% |
8 of 347 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jehan's data
- Jehan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jehans (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jehan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1976–2019 (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 Jehan 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.