Girls' name · peaked in 1979
Jana name popularity since 1925
46,198 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jana. Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Jana is about 54 years old in 2026. Jana peaked in 1979 as the #226 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 46,198
- Named Jana, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,247 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 46,160 girls · 38 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 3.19× its national share
Peak year is the year Jana made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jana births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1961. Measured as a share of all babies, Jana peaked in 1979.
- Fastest rise: Between 1949 and 1954, Jana became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 5,760 baby girls to 1 in 2,300.
- Steepest fall: Between 1986 and 1991, its share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 2,530 to 1 in 4,900.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jana's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jana.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jana in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 39 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 223 | 0 | #1,696 |
| 1940s | 1,661 | 0 | #614 |
| 1950s | 7,084 | 0 | #295 |
| 1960s | 11,612 | 9 | #260 |
| 1970s | 9,168 | 11 | #291 |
| 1980s | 7,267 | 18 | #338 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | 0 | #753 |
| 2000s | 2,395 | 0 | #973 |
| 2010s | 2,531 | 0 | #1,009 |
| 2020–25 | 1,228 | 0 | #1,247 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.7% of babies named Jana from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jana is most popular
The index compares Jana's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jana.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 3.19× | 1,793 |
| Utah | 3.02× | 1,109 |
| Idaho | 2.86× | 491 |
| Kansas | 2.57× | 1,129 |
| Texas | 1.81× | 6,106 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jana and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jana (this page) | 46,160 | 1979 |
| Janna | 16,062 | 1979 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jana's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jana.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jana (1979).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data