Jan
About Jan
Jan, not short for Janet or Janice but standing on its own, ranked in the Top 200 throughout the 1950s but dropped off the Top 1000 in the 1980s and now is a truly extinct name, given to fewer than five baby girls in the US each year.
Pronounced YAHN; JAN.
As of October 2026, Jan ranked #15898 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #131 in 1954.
Editor's take: The name Jan is a girl's name meaning "God is gracious".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Jan on lists
Famous Jans
- Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer
American politician, 22nd governor of Arizona
- Janet Vivian "Jan" Hooks
American actress
- Jan Howard (born Lula Grace Johnson)
American country music singer
- Janet "Jan" Ravens
English actress
- Jan Chesbro
Wohlschlag, American high jumper
Jan in pop culture
- Jan Brady
character on TV's "The Brady Bunch"
- Jan
character in musical and film "Grease"
- "Jan
" 2012 TV series and its main character
- Jan
Toyota commercial mascot
- Jan Kowalski
character in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
- Jan Levinson
a character from the TV show "The Office"
- Jan
character in Lynne Reid Banks' "The Fairy Rebel"