NameTides

Jana

Jana was the #1,241 girls' name in the US in 2025 (181 babies), and #684 in England & Wales and #425 in Canada.

Jana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Jana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,241 (181)#684 (54)——#718 (4)#425 (74)
2024#1,334 (171)#811 (46)#476 (6)—#898 (3)#430 (71)
2023#1,199 (200)#981 (35)——#625 (5)#331 (90)
2022#1,138 (214)#809 (44)#625 (4)—#634 (5)#325 (90)
2021#1,089 (228)#654 (59)——#764 (4)#338 (96)
2020#1,059 (234)#941 (37)——#444 (8)#334 (94)
2019#1,065 (237)#670 (58)#560 (5)—#716 (4)#301 (105)
2018#982 (269)#657 (61)#583 (5)——#257 (124)
2017#915 (292)#673 (61)#666 (4)—#734 (4)#283 (115)
2016#915 (301)#852 (44)#502 (6)—#515 (7)#337 (101)
2015#1,007 (266)#794 (48)#806 (3)—#581 (6)#450 (74)
2014#1,110 (229)#963 (38)#802 (3)—#876 (3)#398 (84)
2013#1,021 (244)#944 (39)———#359 (91)
2012#1,055 (238)#916 (40)——#907 (3)#397 (81)
2011#1,150 (213)#915 (39)———#367 (89)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1979 at #226.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1921.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jana is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,900 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #912FL
Jana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#18731
Ontario2024#56422

Jana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JanaCanadaGirls#42574
JanaEngland & WalesGirls#68454
JanaIrelandGirls#7184
JanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JanaScotlandGirls—too few
JanaUSGirls#1,241181
JanaUSBoys—too few