Jinan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ji-NAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jinan is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gardens of Paradise”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Jinan mean?
Arabic: plural of janna 'garden'
“gardens of Paradise”
Arabic jinan is the plural of janna, 'garden', the word the Qur'an uses for Paradise.
Is Jinan a girl's or a boy's name?
Jinan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jinan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Jinan, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jinan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Jinan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Jinan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Jinan, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Jinan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jinan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Jinan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusra, Ayat, Arya, Prisha, Minha, Saanvi, Anaya, River, Hana, Raya, Inaya, Yumna
Names related to Jinan
Jianna, Jin, Jihan, Janina, Janan, Jenan, Janine, Jaina, Jianni, Jina
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, “Jinan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jinan, updated 20 October 2026.