Girls' name · since 1990
Jinan
249 babies named Jinan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,084 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jinan is the #9084 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 249 recorded since 1990.
Jinan has 249 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9084 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #17,634 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,084 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 249 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jinan ranks #17,634 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,084 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 249 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,084 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jinan's 249 recorded births place it above 75.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jinan compares
249 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jinan's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jinan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 249 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jinan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jinan's full recorded timeline at 2010, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jinan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Jinan popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2007 (Jinan as boys' name)
Jinan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (94 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Jinan's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jinan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 94 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jinan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jinan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Jinan 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.