Josan — boys' name
23 babies named Josan in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Josan was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Josan in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Josan
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Josan between 2003 and 2022, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Josan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Josan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Josan 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 23 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.
Josan at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Josan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2003
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
23 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 8 births in a single year.
Josan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10 births that decade — 43% of Josan's all-time total
Josan decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Josan's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 2003–2022 (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.