Jana
#626 most common girls' name of all time · #1,155 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1921–2025
Rank among girls
#626
Rank overall
#1,155 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
46,223
Since 2016
2,327
Peak year
1961 #226
Best rank
#226 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 1,456/yr
Jana first appears in 1921. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,243 |
| 2024 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,336 |
| 2023 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,200 |
| 2022 | 214 | — | 214 | #1,139 |
| 2021 | 228 | — | 228 | #1,089 |
| 2020 | 234 | — | 234 | #1,062 |
| 2019 | 237 | — | 237 | #1,065 |
| 2018 | 269 | — | 269 | #984 |
| 2017 | 292 | — | 292 | #918 |
| 2016 | 301 | — | 301 | #915 |
| 2015 | 266 | — | 266 | #1,008 |
| 2014 | 229 | — | 229 | #1,110 |
| 2013 | 244 | — | 244 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 238 | — | 238 | #1,055 |
| 2011 | 213 | — | 213 | #1,153 |
| 2010 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,032 |
| 2009 | 239 | — | 239 | #1,069 |
| 2008 | 226 | — | 226 | #1,138 |
| 2007 | 247 | — | 247 | #1,060 |
| 2006 | 245 | — | 245 | #1,048 |
| 2005 | 252 | — | 252 | #973 |
| 2004 | 250 | — | 250 | #958 |
| 2003 | 218 | — | 218 | #1,049 |
| 2002 | 254 | — | 254 | #887 |
| 2001 | 235 | — | 235 | #942 |
| 2000 | 229 | — | 229 | #937 |
| 1999 | 247 | — | 247 | #872 |
| 1998 | 248 | — | 248 | #858 |
| 1997 | 231 | — | 231 | #879 |
| 1996 | 234 | — | 234 | #855 |
| 1995 | 271 | — | 271 | #753 |
| 1994 | 260 | — | 260 | #787 |
| 1993 | 305 | — | 305 | #702 |
| 1992 | 340 | — | 340 | #659 |
| 1991 | 383 | — | 383 | #593 |
| 1990 | 433 | — | 433 | #546 |
| 1989 | 481 | — | 481 | #488 |
| 1988 | 505 | — | 505 | #447 |
| 1987 | 582 | — | 582 | #396 |
| 1986 | 677 | 7 | 684 | #352 |
| 1985 | 696 | 6 | 702 | #338 |
| 1984 | 757 | — | 757 | #314 |
| 1983 | 741 | — | 741 | #311 |
| 1982 | 843 | — | 843 | #291 |
| 1981 | 939 | — | 939 | #268 |
| 1980 | 1,046 | 5 | 1,051 | #246 |
| 1979 | 1,161 | — | 1,161 | #226 |
| 1978 | 959 | — | 959 | #248 |
| 1977 | 949 | 6 | 955 | #262 |
| 1976 | 798 | — | 798 | #288 |
| 1975 | 821 | — | 821 | #291 |
| 1974 | 801 | — | 801 | #298 |
| 1973 | 827 | — | 827 | #289 |
| 1972 | 863 | — | 863 | #291 |
| 1971 | 964 | — | 964 | #292 |
| 1970 | 1,025 | 5 | 1,030 | #286 |
| 1969 | 1,008 | — | 1,008 | #281 |
| 1968 | 1,011 | — | 1,011 | #269 |
| 1967 | 1,074 | — | 1,074 | #255 |
| 1966 | 1,138 | — | 1,138 | #250 |
| 1965 | 1,094 | — | 1,094 | #260 |
| 1964 | 1,227 | — | 1,227 | #252 |
| 1963 | 1,311 | 9 | 1,320 | #240 |
| 1962 | 1,313 | — | 1,313 | #242 |
| 1961 | 1,456 | — | 1,456 | #226 |
| 1960 | 980 | — | 980 | #295 |
| 1959 | 938 | — | 938 | #297 |
| 1958 | 910 | — | 910 | #296 |
| 1957 | 848 | — | 848 | #316 |
| 1956 | 841 | — | 841 | #305 |
| 1955 | 868 | — | 868 | #295 |
| 1954 | 846 | — | 846 | #293 |
| 1953 | 655 | — | 655 | #319 |
| 1952 | 500 | — | 500 | #373 |
| 1951 | 371 | — | 371 | #434 |
| 1950 | 307 | — | 307 | #465 |
| 1949 | 297 | — | 297 | #466 |
| 1948 | 288 | — | 288 | #473 |
| 1947 | 230 | — | 230 | #563 |
| 1946 | 171 | — | 171 | #609 |
| 1945 | 140 | — | 140 | #615 |
| 1944 | 131 | — | 131 | #647 |
| 1943 | 154 | — | 154 | #611 |
| 1942 | 141 | — | 141 | #634 |
| 1941 | 66 | — | 66 | #909 |
| 1940 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,113 |
| 1939 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,289 |
| 1938 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,138 |
| 1937 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,142 |
| 1936 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,318 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,715 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,083 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,596 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,955 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,645 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,946 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,723 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,767 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,007 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,391 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,348 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,782 |