Jana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #741 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,241 for girls
Jana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 1,241st for girls in the US (181 babies).
What does Jana mean?
Hebrew: Slavic feminine of Jan (John); also an Arabic name
“God is gracious”
As an Arabic name, Jana means freshly picked fruit or harvest.
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Is Jana a girl's or a boy's name?
Jana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the UK and 181 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #741among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Jana, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 974th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 66 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Jana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #741 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 684th in England and Wales.
Jana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #741 |
| 2024 | 52 | #785 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 48 | #806 |
| 2021 | 59 | #698 |
| 2020 | 38 | #974 |
| 2019 | 63 | #669 |
| 2018 | 66 | #669 |
| 2017 | 65 | #687 |
| 2016 | 50 | #836 |
| 2015 | 51 | #812 |
| 2014 | 41 | #971 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 42 | #945 |
| 2011 | 41 | #936 |
| 2010 | 52 | #761 |
| 2009 | 50 | #785 |
| 2008 | 46 | #810 |
| 2007 | 37 | #910 |
| 2006 | 47 | #732 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 32 | #877 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 32 | #787 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Jana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,241among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 181about 1 in 8,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 181 girls in the US were named Jana, making it the 1,241st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,059th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 1,456 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Jana in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 364 girls in the US were given Jana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #1,241 for this spelling alone.
Jana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | #1,241 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,334 |
| 2023 | 200 | #1,199 |
| 2022 | 214 | #1,138 |
| 2021 | 228 | #1,089 |
| 2020 | 234 | #1,059 |
| 2019 | 237 | #1,065 |
| 2018 | 269 | #982 |
| 2017 | 292 | #915 |
| 2016 | 301 | #915 |
| 2015 | 266 | #1,007 |
| 2014 | 229 | #1,110 |
| 2013 | 244 | #1,021 |
| 2012 | 238 | #1,055 |
| 2011 | 213 | #1,150 |
| 2010 | 242 | #1,030 |
| 2009 | 239 | #1,068 |
| 2008 | 226 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 247 | #1,059 |
| 2006 | 245 | #1,045 |
| 2005 | 252 | #970 |
| 2004 | 250 | #958 |
| 2003 | 218 | #1,048 |
| 2002 | 254 | #887 |
| 2001 | 235 | #939 |
| 2000 | 229 | #935 |
| 1999 | 247 | #870 |
| 1998 | 248 | #858 |
| 1997 | 231 | #877 |
| 1996 | 234 | #852 |
| 1995 | 271 | #752 |
| 1994 | 260 | #784 |
| 1993 | 305 | #702 |
| 1992 | 340 | #658 |
| 1991 | 383 | #593 |
| 1990 | 433 | #545 |
| 1989 | 481 | #488 |
| 1988 | 505 | #447 |
| 1987 | 582 | #395 |
| 1986 | 677 | #352 |
| 1985 | 696 | #338 |
| 1984 | 757 | #314 |
| 1983 | 741 | #310 |
| 1982 | 843 | #291 |
| 1981 | 939 | #267 |
| 1980 | 1,046 | #246 |
| 1979 | 1,161 | #226 |
| 1978 | 959 | #248 |
| 1977 | 949 | #260 |
| 1976 | 798 | #288 |
| 1975 | 821 | #291 |
| 1974 | 801 | #298 |
| 1973 | 827 | #289 |
| 1972 | 863 | #291 |
| 1971 | 964 | #292 |
| 1970 | 1,025 | #286 |
| 1969 | 1,008 | #281 |
| 1968 | 1,011 | #269 |
| 1967 | 1,074 | #255 |
| 1966 | 1,138 | #250 |
| 1965 | 1,094 | #260 |
| 1964 | 1,227 | #252 |
| 1963 | 1,311 | #240 |
| 1962 | 1,313 | #241 |
| 1961 | 1,456 | #226 |
| 1960 | 980 | #295 |
| 1959 | 938 | #296 |
| 1958 | 910 | #296 |
| 1957 | 848 | #316 |
| 1956 | 841 | #305 |
| 1955 | 868 | #295 |
| 1954 | 846 | #293 |
| 1953 | 655 | #319 |
| 1952 | 500 | #370 |
| 1951 | 371 | #433 |
| 1950 | 307 | #463 |
| 1949 | 297 | #465 |
| 1948 | 288 | #471 |
| 1947 | 230 | #563 |
| 1946 | 171 | #606 |
| 1945 | 140 | #613 |
| 1944 | 131 | #643 |
| 1943 | 154 | #605 |
| 1942 | 141 | #634 |
| 1941 | 66 | #903 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,097 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,265 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,132 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,663 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Names like Jana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Sara Lara Mia Joni Ava Fatima Ana Mara Lana Elisa Janelle
Other spellings of Jana
Names related to Jana
Joanna Jannah Jane Janaya Jianna Jiyana Joana Juana Janae Janiya Johana
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jana, updated 20 October 2026.