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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Jana has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 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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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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#124 · 1 in 488
- Alabama#157 · 1 in 854
- Louisiana#166 · 1 in 881
- South Dakota#172 · 1 in 812
- Idaho#174 · 1 in 793
Best ever in a state: #51 in Wyoming, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #124 | 10 | 1 in 488 |
| Alabama | #157 | 25 | 1 in 854 |
| Louisiana | #166 | 32 | 1 in 881 |
| South Dakota | #172 | 5 | 1 in 812 |
| Idaho | #174 | 7 | 1 in 793 |
| Kansas | #175 | 15 | 1 in 966 |
| Arkansas | #183 | 12 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Montana | #184 | 5 | 1 in 777 |
| Oklahoma | #189 | 18 | 1 in 1,043 |
| Utah | #190 | 15 | 1 in 931 |
| Tennessee | #200 | 23 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Georgia | #206 | 32 | 1 in 1,178 |
| South Carolina | #247 | 12 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Mississippi | #252 | 10 | 1 in 1,375 |
| Colorado | #255 | 15 | 1 in 1,455 |
| Nebraska | #258 | 6 | 1 in 1,587 |
| Missouri | #265 | 18 | 1 in 1,745 |
| Minnesota | #282 | 14 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Indiana | #295 | 16 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Texas | #295 | 75 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Wisconsin | #314 | 13 | 1 in 2,283 |
| Iowa | #323 | 7 | 1 in 2,279 |
| Ohio | #339 | 26 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Oregon | #363 | 7 | 1 in 2,193 |
| Florida | #374 | 25 | 1 in 2,657 |
| Kentucky | #376 | 7 | 1 in 2,993 |
| New Mexico | #384 | 5 | 1 in 1,895 |
| Arizona | #385 | 10 | 1 in 2,342 |
| Michigan | #389 | 18 | 1 in 3,140 |
| Illinois | #399 | 25 | 1 in 2,837 |
| North Carolina | #399 | 12 | 1 in 2,963 |
| Washington | #414 | 10 | 1 in 2,720 |
| Massachusetts | #450 | 9 | 1 in 3,900 |
| Pennsylvania | #478 | 17 | 1 in 4,043 |
| California | #496 | 61 | 1 in 3,405 |
| Maryland | #503 | 6 | 1 in 4,087 |
| Virginia | #548 | 7 | 1 in 4,819 |
| New York | #725 | 17 | 1 in 6,382 |
| New Jersey | #835 | 5 | 1 in 8,398 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Jana
- 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)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1961 at #226 (1,456 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1941–2002
- 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
- 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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 2,534 of them was named Jana, which outranked 97.3% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 263,074 of them was named Jana, which outranked 31.9% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,853Zenon8
- #4,853Zohaib8
- #4,853Zuriel8
- #5,332Jana7
- #5,332Aaren7
- #5,332Abdurrahman7
- #5,332Abed7
- #5,926Aaric6
- #5,926Aarin6
- #5,926Abayomi6
Tied with 593 names at #5,332; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.