Jana
Rank in 2025
#1241
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
181
girls 181
Peak year
1979
1,161 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
46,223
since 1921
Born a Jana? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Jana was most popular in 1979, when 1,161 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.72 per 1,000). In 2025, 181 babies were named Jana, ranking #1241 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 23%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 171 | 1334 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 200 | 1199 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 214 | 1138 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 228 | 1089 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 234 | 1059 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 237 | 1065 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 269 | 982 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 292 | 915 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 301 | 915 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 266 | 1007 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 229 | 1110 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 244 | 1021 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 238 | 1055 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 213 | 1150 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 242 | 1030 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 239 | 1068 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 226 | 1137 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 247 | 1059 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 245 | 1045 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 252 | 970 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 250 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 218 | 1049 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 254 | 887 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 235 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 229 | 936 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 247 | 871 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 248 | 858 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 231 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 234 | 852 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 271 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 260 | 785 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 305 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 340 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 383 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 433 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 481 | 488 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 505 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 582 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 677 | 352 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 696 | 338 | 6 | 5785 |
| 1984 | 757 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 741 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 843 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 939 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 1,046 | 246 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 1,161 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 959 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 949 | 260 | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | 798 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 821 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 801 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 827 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 863 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 964 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,025 | 286 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 1,008 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,011 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,074 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,138 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,094 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,227 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,311 | 240 | 9 | 2858 |
| 1962 | 1,313 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 1,456 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 980 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 938 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 910 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 848 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 841 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 868 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 846 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 655 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 500 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 371 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 307 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 297 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 288 | 472 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 230 | 563 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 171 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 140 | 613 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 131 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 154 | 605 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 141 | 634 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 66 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 43 | 1097 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 34 | 1265 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 41 | 1127 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 40 | 1132 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 31 | 1296 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 21 | 1663 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 16 | 2003 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 6 | 3753 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 24 | 1568 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | 2750 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 8 | 3394 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 11 | 2768 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | 4306 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 8 | 3664 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 7 | 3971 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 6 | 4445 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | 5099 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years