Jana — #1334 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jana

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,004 babies named Jana between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jana currently holds the #1334 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 1,457 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jana performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 11,613 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,089 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jana in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 46,004 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.