Jannat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAN-nat
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #280 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,458 for girls
Jannat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “garden; paradise”. In 2025 it ranked 280th for girls in the UK (175 babies) and 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
What does Jannat mean?
Arabic: Urdu and Persian form of Jannah
“garden; paradise”
Jannah is the Islamic name for paradise, described in the Quran as gardens beneath which rivers flow.
Is Jannat a girl's or a boy's name?
Jannat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 175 girls in the UK and 72 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jannat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 280th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 175 about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 175 girls in the UK were named Jannat, making it the 280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 386th.
2025 had the most girls named Jannat of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Jannat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 268th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Jannat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | #280 |
| 2024 | 136 | #358 |
| 2023 | 104 | #443 |
| 2022 | 112 | #422 |
| 2021 | 139 | #368 |
| 2020 | 126 | #386 |
| 2019 | 106 | #448 |
| 2018 | 84 | #553 |
| 2017 | 124 | #400 |
| 2016 | 93 | #509 |
| 2015 | 92 | #513 |
| 2014 | 104 | #465 |
| 2013 | 93 | #502 |
| 2012 | 91 | #523 |
| 2011 | 65 | #671 |
| 2010 | 83 | #538 |
| 2009 | 76 | #565 |
| 2008 | 49 | #773 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 40 | #759 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Jannat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Jannat, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,115th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Jannat than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Jannat in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were given Jannat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,881, up from #2,458 for this spelling alone.
- Jannat 72
- Janat 14
Jannat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 93 | #2,068 |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,154 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,115 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,090 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,302 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 90 | #2,123 |
| 2014 | 81 | #2,290 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,632 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
Names like Jannat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayat, Safa, Rehmat, Ayah, Hafsa, Zainab, Ayra, Liyana, Yusra, Raya, Inaya, Nusaybah
Other spellings of Jannat
Names related to Jannat
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Jannat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jannat, updated 20 October 2026.