Jihan - #10495 US unisex name
613 babies named Jihan in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
Jihan is currently the #10495 unisex name in America, more common than 41% of girls - 613 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10495
- among girls today
- 613
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- more common than other girls
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Jihan was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Jihan in 1982 - its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jihan
The Social Security Administration has registered 613 babies named Jihan between 1976 and 2025, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jihan currently holds the #10495 rank among girls for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 59 babies received it in a single year. Jihan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 127 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jihan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jihan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 53 births, the largest state-level total in the dataset, followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jihan in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jihan 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 613 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.
Jihan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jihan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #10495 among girls.
613 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 59 births in a single year.
Jihan popularity over time - boys
127 total births recorded since 2003 (Jihan as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jihan accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jihan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 300 births that decade - 49% of Jihan's all-time total
Jihan decade highlights
- Peak decade 300 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jihan's strongest decade
300 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Jihan by state
Where Jihan concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 53 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.8% |
53 of 613 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- California 2.8% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (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.