Jana
- Pronunciation
- [Ja-na, Yah-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- God's Gift
- Origin
- Czechoslovakian
Jana Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 46,004 baby girls have been named Jana. The name peaked in 1961 with 1,457 US births that year (rank #226). In 2024, ranked #1335 nationally — 1,109 places below its 1961 peak.
Top States for Jana
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Jana births are: Texas (6,068), California (4,408), Illinois (1,843).
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4-Letter Names Starting with J
Names with Jana's exact length and starting letter: Jaap, Jace, Jaci, Jack, Jacy.
Quick Facts About Jana
US Popularity History (2000–2018)
Annual US births named Jana by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 301 girls named Jana (girl rank #916 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2018, ranked #981 for girls (269 US births). That's 65 places below its 2016 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jana Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jana the strongest states are Connecticut, Michigan, Massachusetts.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | #534 | 16 |
| 2 | Michigan | #565 | 153 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #565 | 47 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #719 | 74 |
| 5 | New York | #720 | 211 |
| 6 | Virginia | #760 | 79 |
| 7 | Illinois | #791 | 78 |
| 8 | Florida | #836 | 95 |
| 9 | Indiana | #895 | 21 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #905 | 21 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #1,094 | 110 |
| 2 | Texas | #1,091 | 79 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #966 | 48 |
| 4 | Colorado | #965 | 15 |
| 5 | Ohio | #911 | 87 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #905 | 21 |
| 7 | Indiana | #895 | 21 |
| 8 | Florida | #836 | 95 |
| 9 | Illinois | #791 | 78 |
| 10 | Virginia | #760 | 79 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jana in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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