Jana
#1,241 for girls in 2025, 181 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #5,332
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 1,456 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 46,185since 1921
Jana over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jana has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,241 | 181 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,334 | 171 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,199 | 200 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,138 | 214 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,089 | 228 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,059 | 234 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,065 | 237 | — | |
| 2018 | #982 | 269 | — | |
| 2017 | #915 | 292 | — | |
| 2016 | #915 | 301 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,007 | 266 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,110 | 229 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,021 | 244 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,055 | 238 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,150 | 213 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,030 | 242 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,068 | 239 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,137 | 226 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,059 | 247 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,045 | 245 | — | |
| 2005 | #970 | 252 | — | |
| 2004 | #958 | 250 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,049 | 218 | — | |
| 2002 | #887 | 254 | — | |
| 2001 | #940 | 235 | — | |
| 2000 | #936 | 229 | — | |
| 1999 | #871 | 247 | — | |
| 1998 | #858 | 248 | — | |
| 1997 | #878 | 231 | — | |
| 1996 | #852 | 234 | — | |
| 1995 | #753 | 271 | — | |
| 1994 | #785 | 260 | — | |
| 1993 | #702 | 305 | — | |
| 1992 | #658 | 340 | — | |
| 1991 | #593 | 383 | — | |
| 1990 | #546 | 433 | — | |
| 1989 | #488 | 481 | — | |
| 1988 | #447 | 505 | — | |
| 1987 | #395 | 582 | — | |
| 1986 | #352 | 677 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #338 | 696 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #314 | 757 | — | |
| 1983 | #310 | 741 | — | |
| 1982 | #291 | 843 | — | |
| 1981 | #267 | 939 | — | |
| 1980 | #246 | 1,046 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #226 | 1,161 | — | |
| 1978 | #248 | 959 | — | |
| 1977 | #260 | 949 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #288 | 798 | — | |
| 1975 | #291 | 821 | — | |
| 1974 | #298 | 801 | — | |
| 1973 | #289 | 827 | — | |
| 1972 | #291 | 863 | — | |
| 1971 | #292 | 964 | — | |
| 1970 | #286 | 1,025 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #281 | 1,008 | — | |
| 1968 | #269 | 1,011 | — | |
| 1967 | #255 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1966 | #250 | 1,138 | — | |
| 1965 | #260 | 1,094 | — | |
| 1964 | #252 | 1,227 | — | |
| 1963 | #240 | 1,311 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #241 | 1,313 | — | |
| 1961 | #226 | 1,456 | — | |
| 1960 | #295 | 980 | — | |
| 1959 | #296 | 938 | — | |
| 1958 | #296 | 910 | — | |
| 1957 | #316 | 848 | — | |
| 1956 | #305 | 841 | — | |
| 1955 | #295 | 868 | — | |
| 1954 | #293 | 846 | — | |
| 1953 | #319 | 655 | — | |
| 1952 | #371 | 500 | — | |
| 1951 | #434 | 371 | — | |
| 1950 | #464 | 307 | — | |
| 1949 | #466 | 297 | — | |
| 1948 | #472 | 288 | — | |
| 1947 | #563 | 230 | — | |
| 1946 | #606 | 171 | — | |
| 1945 | #613 | 140 | — | |
| 1944 | #643 | 131 | — | |
| 1943 | #605 | 154 | — | |
| 1942 | #634 | 141 | — | |
| 1941 | #903 | 66 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,097 | 43 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,127 | 41 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,132 | 40 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
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| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five girls were named Jana! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jana is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Wyoming#87 · 1 in 365
- Alaska#114 · 1 in 420
- Idaho#138 · 1 in 572
- Montana#141 · 1 in 593
- Oklahoma#141 · 1 in 718
Best ever in a state: #51 in Wyoming, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #87 | 9 | 1 in 365 |
| Alaska | #114 | 7 | 1 in 420 |
| Idaho | #138 | 12 | 1 in 572 |
| Montana | #141 | 8 | 1 in 593 |
| Oklahoma | #141 | 28 | 1 in 718 |
| Mississippi | #143 | 25 | 1 in 634 |
| Iowa | #147 | 25 | 1 in 777 |
| North Dakota | #151 | 7 | 1 in 698 |
| Alabama | #153 | 30 | 1 in 758 |
| Georgia | #163 | 41 | 1 in 849 |
| Kansas | #166 | 18 | 1 in 860 |
| Arkansas | #169 | 15 | 1 in 848 |
| Utah | #173 | 20 | 1 in 807 |
| Tennessee | #177 | 29 | 1 in 962 |
| Texas | #186 | 125 | 1 in 990 |
| South Dakota | #192 | 5 | 1 in 899 |
| West Virginia | #194 | 11 | 1 in 1,048 |
| Hawaii | #197 | 7 | 1 in 695 |
| Minnesota | #208 | 23 | 1 in 1,265 |
| Colorado | #211 | 19 | 1 in 1,093 |
| Missouri | #211 | 26 | 1 in 1,234 |
| Maine | #222 | 5 | 1 in 1,257 |
| Nebraska | #230 | 8 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Wisconsin | #234 | 19 | 1 in 1,641 |
| Washington | #238 | 22 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Kentucky | #254 | 15 | 1 in 1,591 |
| Pennsylvania | #260 | 40 | 1 in 1,734 |
| South Carolina | #262 | 12 | 1 in 1,495 |
| Arizona | #264 | 15 | 1 in 1,330 |
| Florida | #276 | 32 | 1 in 1,690 |
| Louisiana | #278 | 20 | 1 in 1,531 |
| Ohio | #283 | 34 | 1 in 2,125 |
| Indiana | #287 | 17 | 1 in 2,053 |
| Oregon | #338 | 8 | 1 in 2,121 |
| Connecticut | #352 | 6 | 1 in 2,568 |
| New Mexico | #369 | 5 | 1 in 1,864 |
| Virginia | #370 | 11 | 1 in 2,732 |
| Maryland | #378 | 8 | 1 in 2,620 |
| Illinois | #404 | 26 | 1 in 2,890 |
| California | #430 | 68 | 1 in 2,666 |
| Michigan | #437 | 16 | 1 in 3,666 |
| New Jersey | #441 | 11 | 1 in 3,388 |
| New York | #465 | 31 | 1 in 3,269 |
| North Carolina | #474 | 9 | 1 in 3,682 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 93 spots since 2024 (#1,334 → #1,241)
- 182 spots since 2020 (#1,059 → #1,241)
- 234 spots since 2015 (#1,007 → #1,241)
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1942 (#903 → #634)
- Biggest drop: 162 spots in 2003 (#887 → #1,049)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1961 at #226 (1,456 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1941–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,383
- Highest: 1 in 1,383 girls born in 1979 were named Jana (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,880 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #226 in 1961, was only 1 in 1,386 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 25.1% of all girls named Jana (11,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 64 | #2,768 (1928) | #3,993 |
| 1930s | 223 | #1,127 (1938) | #1,840 |
| 1940s | 1,661 | #466 (1949) | #660 |
| 1950s | 7,084 | #293 (1954) | #339 |
| 1960s | 11,612 | #226 (1961) | #257 |
| 1970s | 9,168 | #226 (1979) | #277 |
| 1980s | 7,267 | #246 (1980) | #345 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #546 (1990) | #750 |
| 2000s | 2,395 | #887 (2002) | #1,005 |
| 2010s | 2,531 | #915 (2016) | #1,025 |
| 2020s | 1,228 | #1,059 (2020) | #1,177 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jana in 1981
girls
#267
939 births · 1 in 1,776 girls
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,776 of them was named Jana, which outranked 97.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).