Jana
Jana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 171 births. Its best rank was 226th, in 1961, 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1710.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19611,457 births
- Best rank
- #226first in 1961
- Since 1921
- 46,004people given the name
The story in the numbers
46,004 girls have been named Jana in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 1,457 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1960s alone account for 25%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 64 | |
| 1930s | 223 | |
| 1940s | 1,661 | |
| 1950s | 7,084 | |
| 1960s | 11,613 | |
| 1970s | 9,168 | |
| 1980s | 7,267 | |
| 1990s | 2,952 | |
| 2000s | 2,395 | |
| 2010s | 2,531 | |
| 2020s | 1,046 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Jana was the 226th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Jana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kendapeak 1964
- Renaepeak 1970
- Valariepeak 1964
- Robynpeak 1964
- Jolynpeak 1969
- Juleepeak 1970
- Lissapeak 1963
- Zoraidapeak 1961
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.