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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

JanIn Hebrew: יאן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: יָאן

Jan (Hebrew: יאן) is a boy's name of international origin. 2,660 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 77 boys and ranked #212. Its peak year was 2019, with 97 babies.

People in Israel
2,660
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
77
rank #212
Peak year
2019
97 babies
USA, 2025
47
rank #2,718

Writing and saying Jan

In Hebrew letters the name is יאן, read right to left. Jan is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Jan by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Jan: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Jan in English-speaking countries

Jan in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202547#2,7181954 (768)
United Kingdom202563#6502017 (264)
England and Wales202557#6402017 (238)
Scotland20256#4952018 (28)
Ireland202510#3602012 (62)
Alberta20256#6831986 (11)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Jan has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Jan

How do you write Jan in Hebrew?

Jan is written יאן in Hebrew (with vowel points: יָאן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Jan?

2,660 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יאן: 87 women and 2,573 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Jan a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 96.7% of the people named יאן are men.

Is Jan used outside Israel?

The name Jan appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 47 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,718), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 63 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.