Jowan — boys' name
157 babies named Jowan in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Jowan was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Jowan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jowan
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Jowan between 1980 and 2023, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jowan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jowan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jowan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jowan 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 157 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.
Jowan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jowan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1980
- Peak year (1997)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
157 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 14 births in a single year.
Jowan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 74 births that decade — 47% of Jowan's all-time total
Jowan decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jowan's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1980–2023 (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.