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How popular is the name Jan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jans are alive today.
Jan (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 639th in 2025 with 57 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2017, when 238 babies were given the name, the 226th most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 24% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. Common short forms of Jan include Jax.
The Jan you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Jans born in England and Wales are between 8 and 17, and there are at least 3,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Jan.
How many babies are named Jan each year?
Where does Jan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jan most popular?
Jan peaked in 2017, when 238 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Jan?
At least 3,200 people named Jan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jan?
Most living Jans are between 8 and 17; the most common age is about 9.
Is Jan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.