Yana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #884 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,387 for girls
Yana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 884th for girls in the UK (43 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
What does Yana mean?
Hebrew: Slavic feminine form of John
“God is gracious”
A Slavic feminine form of John, used in Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Yana a girl's or a boy's name?
Yana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 884th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were named Yana, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th.
2025 had the most girls named Yana of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Yana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Yana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #884 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 834th in England and Wales.
Yana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #884 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 2 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Yana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,387th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Yana, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Yana in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 364 girls in the US were given Yana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.
Yana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,884 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,903 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 89 | #2,168 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2014 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,096 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 94 | #2,139 |
| 2008 | 74 | #2,538 |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 88 | #2,186 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,737 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
Names like Yana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, Yusra, Safa, Hana, Yara, Prisha, Maya, Aisha, Anaya, Amira, Hawa, Hafsa
Other spellings of Yana
Names related to Yana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yana, updated 20 October 2026.