Girls' name · since 1912
Janna
Janna has 16,097 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,196 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,097
- born since 1912
- 1980s
- peak decade
Janna currently ranks #2196 among girls' names in America, with 16,097 babies recorded since 1912.
Janna has 16,097 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2196 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #1,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,196 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,097 born since 1912
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janna ranks #1,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,196 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,097 born since 1912, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,196 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,097
- born since 1912
- 1980s
- peak decade
Janna's 16,097 recorded births place it above 98.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Janna compares
16,097 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Janna's all-time total is 43x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,097 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 428 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janna's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 428, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 428
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Janna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (3,266 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Janna's strongest decade.
3,266 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Janna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 47
1920s
47 births
- 1930s 162
1930s
162 births
- 1940s 639
1940s
639 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,745 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,694 births
- 1970s
1970s
3,195 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,266 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,778 births
- 2000s 1,256
2000s
1,256 births
- 2010s 836
2010s
836 births
- 2020s 467
2020s
467 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 3,266 births (20% of all-time use).
How Janna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Janna's total volume
Janna by state
Where Janna concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,619 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,610 | 10.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 613 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 483 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 479 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 472 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 446 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 407 | 2.5% |
1,619 of 16,097 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Janna appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Janna's data
- Janna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (3,266 total births); usage has since declined to 467 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jannas (1,619 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Janna 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.