Boys' name · since 1979
Joran
192 babies named Joran in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,214 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 192
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
192 boys have been named Joran since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Joran recorded 192 times among boys since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2014.
- #13,214 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 192 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joran ranks #13,214 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 192 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,214 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 192
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joran's 192 recorded births place it above 70.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joran splits its recorded history at 1996: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2014
- Peak year (2006)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Joran by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Joran's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Joran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Joran's decade-level peak was the 2000s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Joran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
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, 1979–2014 (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 Joran 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.