Boys' name · since 1980
Jowan
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.
- #14,455 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jowan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 157 have been recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Jowan recorded 157 times among boys since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2023.
- #14,455 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 157 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jowan ranks #14,455 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,455 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jowan's 157 recorded births place it above 68.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jowan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jowan's full recorded timeline at 1998, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jowan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2023
- Peak year (1997)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jowan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (74 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Jowan's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Jowan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 74 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Jowan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jowan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1980–2023 (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 Jowan 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.