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Janna

Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#3,101 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,194 for girls

Janna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).

What does Janna mean?

Hebrew

A female given name from Hebrew, a fanciful modern variant of Jane.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Janna a girl's or a boy's name?

Janna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Janna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,101st among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Janna, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Janna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were given Janna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #473, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20182025
Janna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
202415#1,953
20237#3,388
202211#2,450
20219#2,846
202011#2,407
20191#7,346
201815#2,000
201712#2,336
20165#4,290
201514#2,085
20148#3,031
201310#2,599
20123#6,108
20117#3,360
201011#2,379
200913#2,037
200813#2,046
200711#2,198
20066#3,280
200512#1,912
200412#1,812
20039#2,109
20024#3,556
20016#2,587
20004#3,399
19996#2,559
19981#5,152
19977#2,281
19967#2,201

How popular is Janna in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,194th among girls
Babies in 2025
84 about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 5% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Janna, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,302nd. Its busiest year was 1979, with 428 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the girls named Janna in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 364 girls in the US were given Janna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #2,194 for this spelling alone.

1912Busiest: 428 in 19792025
Janna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202584#2,194
202490#2,118
202370#2,517
202277#2,388
202169#2,533
202077#2,302
201976#2,355
201879#2,302
201790#2,129
201688#2,188
201585#2,209
201469#2,558
2013101#1,953
201282#2,286
201167#2,637
201099#2,010
2009101#2,029
200894#2,137
2007115#1,838
2006122#1,709
2005131#1,553
2004129#1,541
2003142#1,394
2002143#1,350
2001147#1,303
2000132#1,400
1999155#1,220
1998140#1,283
1997152#1,192
1996169#1,091
1995150#1,153
1994183#1,013
1993165#1,092
1992201#953
1991227#872
1990236#831
1989273#721
1988297#652
1987341#581
1986315#610
1985335#583
1984357#538
1983297#597
1982326#564
1981359#529
1980366#525
1979428#469
1978349#527
1977365#507
1976308#554
1975304#556
1974296#559
1973337#508
1972247#628
1971302#579
1970259#635
1969250#627
1968230#638
1967274#572
1966261#585
1965303#544
1964264#619
1963288#582
1962303#565
1961311#564
1960210#703
1959194#719
1958201#696
1957214#671
1956196#684
1955229#612
1954160#729
1953172#687
1952142#744
1951128#786
1950109#841
194983#981
1948120#784
194799#884
194668#1,022
194547#1,141
194446#1,152
194347#1,180
194248#1,137
194130#1,418
194051#997
193927#1,424
193825#1,505
193714#2,196
193624#1,507
193512#2,438
193419#1,771
193313#2,274
193216#2,036
19315#4,329
19307#3,656
192912#2,586
19286#4,193
19270–
19266#4,304
19250–
19245#5,059
19237#3,970
19220–
19216#4,462
19205#4,973
19190–
19180–
19176#4,081
19160–
19150–
19140–
19130–
19126#2,632

Names like Janna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica, Lara, Mia, Jana, Sara, Fatima, Ava, Joni, Lana, Mara, Ana, Robyn

Other spellings of Janna

Jannah, Jana, Yana, Yanna

Names related to Janna

Joanna, Jenna, Johanna, Janaya, Jianna, Joana, Juana, Janae, Janiya

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie

Every Hebrew name

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, “Janna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janna, updated 20 October 2026.