Jane Girl
How popular is Jane?
#221 girl name in 2025
1,380 baby girls were named Jane in the US in 2025, making it the 221st most popular girl name.
Jane popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #221 for girls (▲ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,380 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #290 in 2015, #263 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (9,943 girls) |
| Highest rank | #35 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jane counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jane family of names ranked #235 for girls in 2025 (#273 the year before), with 1,440 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | 1,380 | 96% |
| Jayne | 60 | 4% |
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 Jane is most popular
Babies named Jane per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 4.3 per 1,000 (354 girls)
- District of Columbia: 3.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Idaho: 3.0 per 1,000 (101 girls)
- Montana: 1.8 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Oregon: 1.5 per 1,000 (96 girls)
Jane by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,971 | #91 |
| 1890s | 3,882 | #102 |
| 1900s | 4,498 | #116 |
| 1910s | 27,740 | #53 |
| 1920s | 48,049 | #47 |
| 1930s | 45,814 | #42 |
| 1940s | 72,537 | #35 |
| 1950s | 82,919 | #39 |
| 1960s | 43,340 | #67 |
| 1970s | 9,483 | #202 |
| 1980s | 7,439 | #289 |
| 1990s | 6,691 | #345 |
| 2000s | 7,123 | #386 |
| 2010s | 10,278 | #277 |
| 2020s | 7,112 | #221 |
Girl names about as popular as Jane
Questions
- Is Jane a boy or girl name?
- Jane is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jane were girls.
- How popular is the name Jane?
- 1,380 baby girls were named Jane in the US in 2025, making it the 221st most popular girl name.
- When was Jane most popular?
- Jane peaked in 1947, when 9,943 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #35 in 1946.
- How many people are named Jane?
- 381,009 babies have been named Jane in the US since 1880. We estimate about 212,928 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 70.
- Where is Jane most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jane was most common in Utah, at 4.3 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.