Jaun
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Jaun is Juan with two letters traded, a spelling that turns up in American records for boys. It keeps the sound of the Spanish John.
How old is the name Jaun?
Jaun first appears in US birth records in 1947 — 78 years ago. The typical Jaun alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 500 people named Jaun are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jaun most popular?
Jaun peaked in 1952, reaching #2514 nationally. See the whole 1952 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yohanan to Jaun
The story of Jaun
Juan is one of the most common names in the Spanish-speaking world, and it came to America with families from Mexico, the Caribbean and Spain. Jaun exchanges its middle letters, and the record does not show whether that began as a clerk's slip or a family's choice. Beyond those two letters, it has the same history as Juan.
Meaning
God is gracious, through Juan
Juan is the Spanish form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan, God is gracious. Jaun is a spelling with the u and a exchanged.
How the name formed
- Yohanan
- Juan
- Jaun
Related forms: Juan · John
Pronouncing Jaun
HWAHN
Usually said like Juan. English readers may say JAWN.
Nicknames for Jaun
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1947
- Most boys named
- 198922 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2514reached in 1952
- Change vs 2009
- 0.0%5 in 2014, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jaun in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Juan in Spanish — same name
- John in English — same name
Jauns among us
people named Jaun are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Jaun sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It carries a classic name with a clear meaning.
- It is short.
- People will assume it is a misspelling of Juan and correct it.
- English speakers will not know how to say it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jauns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Jaun are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jaun in 2025?
- Jaun is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Jaun with classmates?
- Jaun will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
James#6 · John#23 · Joseph#29 · Joshua#66 · Jason#165 · Jacob#43 · Jeffrey#552 · Jonathan#89
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