Jana Girl
How popular is Jana?
#1,241 girl name in 2025
181 baby girls were named Jana in the US in 2025, making it the 1241st most popular girl name.
Jana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,241 for girls (▲ 93 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 181 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,007 in 2015, #1,059 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (1,456 girls) |
| Highest rank | #226 in 1961 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jana family of names ranked #594 for girls in 2025 (#587 the year before), with 471 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jana | 181 | 38% |
| Jannah | 140 | 30% |
| Janna | 84 | 18% |
| Janai | 41 | 9% |
| Janay | 15 | 3% |
| Janah | 5 | 1% |
| Jahna | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jana is most popular
Babies named Jana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Jana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 64 | #2,766 |
| 1930s | 223 | #1,127 |
| 1940s | 1,661 | #465 |
| 1950s | 7,084 | #293 |
| 1960s | 11,612 | #226 |
| 1970s | 9,168 | #226 |
| 1980s | 7,267 | #246 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #545 |
| 2000s | 2,395 | #887 |
| 2010s | 2,531 | #915 |
| 2020s | 1,228 | #1,059 |
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Questions
- Is Jana a boy or girl name?
- Jana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jana were girls.
- How popular is the name Jana?
- 181 baby girls were named Jana in the US in 2025, making it the 1241st most popular girl name.
- When was Jana most popular?
- Jana peaked in 1961, when 1,456 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #226, held for 2 years starting in 1961.
- How many people are named Jana?
- 46,223 babies have been named Jana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 42,134 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 52.
- Where is Jana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jana was most common in Michigan, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.