Jann

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jann: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jann: Recorded since 1945, it reached #179 in 1953, and it was last ranked in 1998.

1registrar recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–1998

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#193
1946	#283
1947	#267
1948	#196
1949	#186
1950	#233
1951	#233
1952	#228
1953	#179
1954	#329
1955	#213
1956	#215
1957	#240
1958	#314
1959	#280
1960	#410
1961	#366
1962	#426
1963	#393
1964	#421
1965	#338
1966	#362
1967	#367
1968	#463
1969	#381
1970	#424
1971	#324
1972	#474
1973	#352
1974	#497
1979	#620
1981	#496
1982	#620
1984	#622
1989	#537
1998	#563

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 36 of the 54 years from 1945 to 1998.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1998 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #193 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1998
Highest recorded position: #179 among boys in Norway, in 1953 (recorded 1945–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #563 among boys in Norway, in 1998.
Norway · Boys

Jann by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jann in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	76	5 of 10	15
1950s	136	10 of 10	14
1960s	77	10 of 10	8
1970s	51	6 of 10	9
1980s	21	4 of 10	5
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jann appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #179 in Norway in 1953.

Jann's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1998	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#622	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#620	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#496	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#620	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#497	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#352	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#474	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#324	13	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#424	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#381	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#463	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#367	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#338	10	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#421	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#393	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#426	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#366	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#410	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#280	11	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#314	9	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#240	14	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#215	17	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#213	15	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#329	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#179	24	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#228	13	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#233	13	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#233	13	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#186	20	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#196	18	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#267	10	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#283	9	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#193	19	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 1998, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 1953.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Norway in 1953.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Janita · #340, 30y
Janiyah · #2325, 14y
Janna · #516, 28y
Jannah · #463, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cathriona · #180, 36y
Wenke · #181, 31y
Alvilde · #176, 35y
Balder · #182, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ann-Mari · #179, 47y
Åsa · #179, 73y
Halldis · #179, 24y
Werner · #179, 53y

Jann was ranked #179 in Norway · Boys in 1953. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jann and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jann without appearing here.

Jann moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1988 they stood at #620 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #537 and #621.

Moved ahead of Jann

Oliver Compare
In 1978 they stood at #497 and #572 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #620 and #313.
Leon Compare
In 1978 they stood at #497 and #567 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #620 and #341.
Simon Compare
In 1971 they stood at #324 and #328 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #474 and #199.
Sondre Compare
In 1973 they stood at #352 and #372 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #497 and #246.

Moved the opposite way to Jann

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 while Anders went from #55 to #19.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 while Andreas went from #140 to #2.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 while Christian went from #161 to #32.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 while Daniel went from #280 to #4.

Moved the same way as Jann

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 and Alfred from #127 to #320.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 and Arild from #32 to #260.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 and Arne from #6 to #136.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Jann went from #193 to #563 and Arthur from #153 to #282.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #179 in Norway in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jann

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Jann by decade in Norway · Boys

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