Girls' name · since 1979
Jaana
Jaana has 110 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,209 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 110
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jaana is the #11209 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 110 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaana has been recorded 110 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #11209 nationally and more common than 35% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #26,059 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,209 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 110 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaana ranks #26,059 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,209 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 110 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,209 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 110
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jaana's 110 recorded births place it above 63.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jaana compares
110 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaana's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 110 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaana splits its recorded history at 2013: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jaana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Jaana's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Jaana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (30% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.