NameTides

Jane

Jane was the #221 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,380 babies), and #1,110 in England & Wales and #272 in Canada.

Jane as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jane as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Jane as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#221 (1,380)#1,110 (30)#632 (4)#290 (5)#213 (20)#272 (115)—
2024#269 (1,186)#1,160 (29)—#288 (5)#181 (25)#307 (100)—
2023#281 (1,116)#1,469 (21)—#328 (4)#226 (18)#283 (106)—
2022#290 (1,089)#1,023 (33)#380 (8)#218 (8)#195 (24)#347 (86)—
2021#266 (1,172)#2,341 (11)#792 (3)#446 (3)#228 (20)#297 (110)—
2020#263 (1,169)#1,618 (18)#471 (6)#333 (4)#168 (28)#363 (87)—
2019#277 (1,189)#1,252 (26)—#189 (10)#141 (38)#260 (124)—
2018#290 (1,133)#1,272 (26)——#162 (32)#283 (116)—
2017#282 (1,157)#1,082 (32)—#432 (3)#126 (46)#361 (92)—
2016#279 (1,135)#1,370 (24)—#353 (4)#150 (37)#305 (110)—
2015#290 (1,112)#1,204 (28)#653 (4)#195 (10)#165 (35)#320 (105)—
2014#322 (1,026)#1,005 (36)—#247 (7)#158 (37)#315 (106)—
2013#357 (898)#1,220 (28)#506 (6)#178 (11)#119 (51)#312 (105)—
2012#343 (927)#1,099 (31)#351 (11)#330 (5)#132 (45)#386 (83)—
2011#367 (868)#1,438 (21)#515 (6)#246 (7)#124 (52)#379 (85)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1945 at #36.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jane is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jane by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #220WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #139NHWashington: #176WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #271MNIllinois: #221ILMichigan: #228MINew York: #236NYMassachusetts: #196MAOregon: #131ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #182INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #209PANew Jersey: #348NJConnecticut: #206CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #265CAUtah: #26UTColorado: #200CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #373MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #175VAMaryland: #242MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #166AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #222KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #185TNNorth Carolina: #230NCSouth Carolina: #210SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #185OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #190ALGeorgia: #269GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #338TXFlorida: #426FL
Jane (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#5009
Ontario2024#54223

Jane (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
JaneCanadaGirls#272115
JaneEngland & WalesGirls#1,11030
JaneIrelandGirls#21320
JaneNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
JaneNSWGirls—too few
JaneScotlandGirls#6324
JaneUSGirls#2211,380
JaneUSBoys—too few