Jane
Rank in 2025
#221
recorded as girls
Up 48 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,380
girls 1,380
Peak year
1945
7,639 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
381,009
since 1880
Born a Jane? 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
Jane was most popular in 1945, when 7,639 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,380 babies were named Jane, ranking #221 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,380 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,186 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,116 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,089 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,172 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,169 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,189 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,133 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,157 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,135 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,112 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,026 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 898 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 927 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 868 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 833 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 831 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 826 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 775 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 665 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 651 | 472 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 657 | 459 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 704 | 427 | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | 696 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 671 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 647 | 437 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 618 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 638 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 648 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 639 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 618 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 706 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 691 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 652 | 395 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 708 | 363 | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | 773 | 345 | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | 779 | 325 | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | 723 | 340 | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 668 | 357 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 669 | 356 | 10 | 4130 |
| 1985 | 709 | 335 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | 725 | 323 | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | 784 | 298 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 845 | 289 | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | 762 | 314 | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | 775 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 720 | 325 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 699 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 744 | 318 | 8 | 4164 |
| 1976 | 697 | 320 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 782 | 300 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 827 | 288 | 8 | 3837 |
| 1973 | 957 | 260 | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | 1,160 | 238 | 6 | 4441 |
| 1971 | 1,296 | 232 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 1,601 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 1,880 | 170 | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | 2,192 | 146 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 2,729 | 127 | 10 | 2611 |
| 1966 | 3,213 | 111 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 3,927 | 95 | 16 | 1987 |
| 1964 | 4,567 | 93 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 5,767 | 75 | 11 | 2539 |
| 1962 | 6,114 | 73 | 12 | 2364 |
| 1961 | 6,365 | 72 | 19 | 1876 |
| 1960 | 6,586 | 67 | 19 | 1858 |
| 1959 | 6,864 | 67 | 16 | 2033 |
| 1958 | 7,199 | 61 | 21 | 1724 |
| 1957 | 7,788 | 56 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1956 | 8,241 | 50 | 10 | 2628 |
| 1955 | 8,343 | 50 | 17 | 1902 |
| 1954 | 8,343 | 49 | 18 | 1826 |
| 1953 | 8,913 | 43 | 21 | 1677 |
| 1952 | 9,322 | 42 | 16 | 1939 |
| 1951 | 8,942 | 43 | 20 | 1683 |
| 1950 | 8,964 | 39 | 20 | 1657 |
| 1949 | 8,719 | 41 | 19 | 1702 |
| 1948 | 8,781 | 39 | 20 | 1656 |
| 1947 | 9,943 | 36 | 18 | 1786 |
| 1946 | 8,971 | 35 | 36 | 1157 |
| 1945 | 7,639 | 36 | 17 | 1633 |
| 1944 | 6,564 | 41 | 19 | 1574 |
| 1943 | 6,032 | 44 | 20 | 1577 |
| 1942 | 5,707 | 46 | 24 | 1421 |
| 1941 | 5,090 | 46 | 25 | 1333 |
| 1940 | 5,091 | 47 | 29 | 1251 |
| 1939 | 4,771 | 46 | 25 | 1323 |
| 1938 | 4,786 | 44 | 26 | 1310 |
| 1937 | 4,702 | 42 | 21 | 1481 |
| 1936 | 4,719 | 42 | 26 | 1296 |
| 1935 | 4,646 | 43 | 18 | 1656 |
| 1934 | 4,358 | 48 | 18 | 1658 |
| 1933 | 4,377 | 47 | 18 | 1644 |
| 1932 | 4,348 | 49 | 18 | 1716 |
| 1931 | 4,532 | 50 | 20 | 1589 |
| 1930 | 4,575 | 55 | 21 | 1602 |
| 1929 | 4,353 | 62 | 20 | 1672 |
| 1928 | 4,411 | 62 | 21 | 1647 |
| 1927 | 4,695 | 60 | 27 | 1436 |
| 1926 | 4,641 | 56 | 22 | 1605 |
| 1925 | 4,881 | 53 | 24 | 1534 |
| 1924 | 5,104 | 53 | 17 | 1964 |
| 1923 | 4,917 | 55 | 11 | 2614 |
| 1922 | 4,805 | 55 | 18 | 1883 |
| 1921 | 5,188 | 47 | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | 5,054 | 48 | 9 | 2967 |
| 1919 | 4,527 | 53 | 17 | 1882 |
| 1918 | 4,730 | 53 | 10 | 2699 |
| 1917 | 4,258 | 55 | 13 | 2188 |
| 1916 | 3,826 | 62 | 6 | 3516 |
| 1915 | 3,264 | 69 | 15 | 1878 |
| 1914 | 2,340 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 1,759 | 81 | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | 1,390 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 937 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 709 | 116 | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | 626 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 531 | 130 | 5 | 1373 |
| 1907 | 526 | 124 | 5 | 1345 |
| 1906 | 438 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 393 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 395 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 381 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 388 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 325 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 495 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 382 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 406 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 396 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 413 | 115 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 394 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 390 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 354 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 396 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 379 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 372 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 374 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 446 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 288 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 306 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 330 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 295 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 247 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 254 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 216 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 215 | 98 | <5 | — |
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Where Jane is most popular
- Utah5.0×
- District of Columbia3.5×
- Idaho2.9×
- Oregon1.8×
- Nebraska1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years