Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 1979

Janna

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #2,203 Trend → Stable

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

Rank 2025
#2,203
among girls · ↓75 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
84
named Janna · -7% vs 2024
How common
1 in 19,134
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1979
428 babies
All-time total
16,097
#1,218 all-time among girls
First recorded
1912
in Social Security records

Janna popularity over time

16,097 babies have been named Janna since 1912, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.080.150.230.318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1979Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s 12 1 – #2,791
1920s 47 5 +292% #2,650
1930s 162 16 +245% #1,444
1940s 639 64 +294% #786
1950s 1,745 175 +173% #614
1960s 2,694 269 +54% #545
1970s 3,195 320 +19% #472
1980s 3,266 327 +2% #525
1990s 1,778 178 -46% #833
2000s 1,256 126 -29% #1,307
2010s 836 84 -33% #1,960
2020s (to 2025) 467 78 -7% #2,128

Where Janna is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 85 0.05 outside top 500
2027 87 0.05 outside top 500
2028 88 0.05 outside top 500
2029 89 0.06 outside top 500
2030 90 0.06 outside top 500

Where Janna is most popular

Girls named Janna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.048 per 1,000. Strongest in New York, Florida, and California.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Janna born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New York 32 0.081 +68%
Florida 25 0.058 +22%
California 43 0.051 +6%
Pennsylvania 10 0.042 -12%
North Carolina 7 0.031 -36%
New Jersey 5 0.028 -42%
Texas 20 0.025 -48%
Georgia 5 0.022 -54%
Ohio 5 0.021 -56%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Janna

Janna is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,203 in 2025 with 84 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1912, 16,097 American babies have been named Janna. Its peak came in 1979, when 428 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1970s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Janna stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Janna?

The median living Janna is about 45 years old; half are between 33 and 58. An estimated 15 thousand people named Janna are alive in the United States today.

median 45 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Janna year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 84 #2,203
2024 90 #2,128
2023 70 #2,531
2022 77 #2,395
2021 69 #2,543
2020 77 #2,311
2019 76 #2,361
2018 79 #2,315
2017 90 #2,135
2016 88 #2,195
2015 85 #2,224
2014 69 #2,567
2013 101 #1,960
2012 82 #2,295
2011 67 #2,647
2010 99 #2,019
2009 101 #2,038
2008 94 #2,145
2007 115 #1,842
2006 122 #1,711
2005 131 #1,558
2004 129 #1,542
2003 142 #1,400
2002 143 #1,356
2001 147 #1,307
2000 132 #1,405
1995 150 #1,160
1990 236 #833
1985 335 #583
1980 366 #525
1975 304 #557
1970 259 #635
1965 303 #545
1960 210 #703
1955 229 #614
1950 109 #845
1945 47 #1,148
1940 51 #1,002
1935 12 #2,494
1930 7 #3,840
1925 – –
1920 5 #5,332
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Janna, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Janna?

The median living Janna is about 45 years old. Half of all living Jannas are between 33 and 58 years old.

How many people named Janna are alive today?

An estimated 15 thousand people named Janna are alive in the United States, based on 16,097 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Janna mean?

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

How popular is the name Janna in 2025?

Janna ranked #2,203 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 84 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Janna?

16,097 babies have been named Janna in the United States since 1912, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Janna most popular?

Janna peaked in 1979, when 428 newborns received the name.

Is Janna a boy or girl name?

Janna is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Janna rising or falling?

Janna has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Janna become more popular?

Janna is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 90 girls named Janna in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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