Girls' name · since 1962
Jahna
Jahna has 451 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 451
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jahna currently ranks #15231 among girls' names in America, with 451 babies recorded since 1962.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahna has been recorded 451 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #15231 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #12,594 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,231 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 451 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahna ranks #12,594 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,231 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 451 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 451
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jahna's 451 recorded births place it above 82.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Jahna compares
451 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Jahna's all-time total is 20% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jahna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 451 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jahna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jahna's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jahna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Jahna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (131 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Jahna's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Jahna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
76 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 131 births (29% of all-time use).
Jahna by state
Where Jahna concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.2% |
10 of 451 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jahna's data
- Jahna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jahnas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jahna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Jahna 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.