Jane
Girl · JAYN · Hebrew
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Jane is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 221st for girls in the US (1,380 babies).
What does Jane mean?
Hebrew: English feminine of John, from Old French Jehanne
“God is gracious”
Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice, and Charlotte Bronte's heroine Jane Eyre are famous bearers.
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Is Jane a girl's or a boy's name?
Jane is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 1,380 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jane in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #945among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Jane, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 136 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jane in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,110th in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#43), 1914 (#51), 1924 (#73), 1934 (#74), 1944 (#53), 1954 (#12), 1964 (#7), 1974 (#29) and 1984 (#86).
Jane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 49 | #792 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 45 | #906 |
| 2013 | 45 | #896 |
| 2012 | 47 | #866 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 49 | #805 |
| 2009 | 52 | #762 |
| 2008 | 50 | #764 |
| 2007 | 64 | #617 |
| 2006 | 61 | #607 |
| 2005 | 74 | #513 |
| 2004 | 61 | #571 |
| 2003 | 66 | #529 |
| 2002 | 81 | #440 |
| 2001 | 100 | #367 |
| 2000 | 96 | #384 |
| 1999 | 126 | #300 |
| 1998 | 124 | #317 |
| 1997 | 133 | #303 |
| 1996 | 136 | #294 |
How popular is Jane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #221among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,380about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,380 girls in the US were named Jane, making it the 221st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 263rd. Its busiest year was 1947, with 9,943 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Jane than any year since 1970.
Half of all the girls named Jane in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,380 | #221 |
| 2024 | 1,186 | #269 |
| 2023 | 1,116 | #281 |
| 2022 | 1,089 | #290 |
| 2021 | 1,172 | #266 |
| 2020 | 1,169 | #263 |
| 2019 | 1,189 | #277 |
| 2018 | 1,133 | #290 |
| 2017 | 1,157 | #282 |
| 2016 | 1,135 | #279 |
| 2015 | 1,112 | #290 |
| 2014 | 1,026 | #322 |
| 2013 | 898 | #357 |
| 2012 | 927 | #343 |
| 2011 | 868 | #367 |
| 2010 | 833 | #385 |
| 2009 | 831 | #386 |
| 2008 | 826 | #389 |
| 2007 | 775 | #424 |
| 2006 | 665 | #477 |
| 2005 | 651 | #472 |
| 2004 | 657 | #459 |
| 2003 | 704 | #427 |
| 2002 | 696 | #417 |
| 2001 | 671 | #423 |
| 2000 | 647 | #437 |
| 1999 | 618 | #438 |
| 1998 | 638 | #415 |
| 1997 | 648 | #404 |
| 1996 | 639 | #407 |
| 1995 | 618 | #418 |
| 1994 | 706 | #369 |
| 1993 | 691 | #368 |
| 1992 | 652 | #395 |
| 1991 | 708 | #363 |
| 1990 | 773 | #345 |
| 1989 | 779 | #325 |
| 1988 | 723 | #340 |
| 1987 | 668 | #357 |
| 1986 | 669 | #356 |
| 1985 | 709 | #335 |
| 1984 | 725 | #323 |
| 1983 | 784 | #298 |
| 1982 | 845 | #289 |
| 1981 | 762 | #314 |
| 1980 | 775 | #312 |
| 1979 | 720 | #325 |
| 1978 | 699 | #328 |
| 1977 | 744 | #318 |
| 1976 | 697 | #320 |
| 1975 | 782 | #300 |
| 1974 | 827 | #288 |
| 1973 | 957 | #260 |
| 1972 | 1,160 | #238 |
| 1971 | 1,296 | #232 |
| 1970 | 1,601 | #202 |
| 1969 | 1,880 | #170 |
| 1968 | 2,192 | #146 |
| 1967 | 2,729 | #127 |
| 1966 | 3,213 | #111 |
| 1965 | 3,927 | #95 |
| 1964 | 4,567 | #93 |
| 1963 | 5,767 | #75 |
| 1962 | 6,114 | #73 |
| 1961 | 6,365 | #72 |
| 1960 | 6,586 | #67 |
| 1959 | 6,864 | #67 |
| 1958 | 7,199 | #61 |
| 1957 | 7,788 | #56 |
| 1956 | 8,241 | #50 |
| 1955 | 8,343 | #50 |
| 1954 | 8,343 | #49 |
| 1953 | 8,913 | #43 |
| 1952 | 9,322 | #42 |
| 1951 | 8,942 | #43 |
| 1950 | 8,964 | #39 |
| 1949 | 8,719 | #41 |
| 1948 | 8,781 | #39 |
| 1947 | 9,943 | #36 |
| 1946 | 8,971 | #35 |
| 1945 | 7,639 | #36 |
| 1944 | 6,564 | #41 |
| 1943 | 6,032 | #44 |
| 1942 | 5,707 | #46 |
| 1941 | 5,090 | #46 |
| 1940 | 5,091 | #47 |
| 1939 | 4,771 | #46 |
| 1938 | 4,786 | #44 |
| 1937 | 4,702 | #42 |
| 1936 | 4,719 | #42 |
| 1935 | 4,646 | #43 |
| 1934 | 4,358 | #48 |
| 1933 | 4,377 | #47 |
| 1932 | 4,348 | #49 |
| 1931 | 4,532 | #50 |
| 1930 | 4,575 | #55 |
| 1929 | 4,353 | #62 |
| 1928 | 4,411 | #62 |
| 1927 | 4,695 | #60 |
| 1926 | 4,641 | #56 |
| 1925 | 4,881 | #53 |
| 1924 | 5,104 | #53 |
| 1923 | 4,917 | #55 |
| 1922 | 4,805 | #55 |
| 1921 | 5,188 | #47 |
| 1920 | 5,054 | #48 |
| 1919 | 4,527 | #53 |
| 1918 | 4,730 | #53 |
| 1917 | 4,258 | #55 |
| 1916 | 3,826 | #62 |
| 1915 | 3,264 | #69 |
| 1914 | 2,340 | #71 |
| 1913 | 1,759 | #81 |
| 1912 | 1,390 | #89 |
| 1911 | 937 | #98 |
| 1910 | 709 | #116 |
| 1909 | 626 | #116 |
| 1908 | 531 | #130 |
| 1907 | 526 | #124 |
| 1906 | 438 | #140 |
| 1905 | 393 | #151 |
| 1904 | 395 | #142 |
| 1903 | 381 | #143 |
| 1902 | 388 | #142 |
| 1901 | 325 | #150 |
| 1900 | 495 | #128 |
| 1899 | 382 | #128 |
| 1898 | 406 | #130 |
| 1897 | 396 | #125 |
| 1896 | 413 | #115 |
| 1895 | 394 | #119 |
| 1894 | 390 | #119 |
| 1893 | 354 | #123 |
| 1892 | 396 | #113 |
| 1891 | 379 | #102 |
| 1890 | 372 | #108 |
| 1889 | 374 | #103 |
| 1888 | 446 | #92 |
| 1887 | 288 | #107 |
| 1886 | 306 | #105 |
| 1885 | 330 | #91 |
| 1884 | 295 | #98 |
| 1883 | 247 | #102 |
| 1882 | 254 | #101 |
| 1881 | 216 | #99 |
| 1880 | 215 | #98 |
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