Janna
Janna was the 2203rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 84 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 472nd with 428 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 21 places. More babies were named Janna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Jana) form of Jane/Joanna; "God is gracious" · Czech, Slavic, Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #2,203 girls, up 108 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 84girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1979428 babies
- Total since 1880
- 16,097babies recorded
What does the name Janna mean?
Janna is a spelling of Jana, pronounced the same way, so it shares Jana's meaning and origin.
Jana is the Czech, Slovak and Slavic feminine of Jan (John), and is common in Central Europe. Like Jane and Joanna, it goes back through Greek to the Hebrew Yohanan, "God is gracious". Wikipedia notes that the same spelling is used for unrelated names in other languages, including an Arabic name meaning "harvest". In the US, Jana was most popular in the 1970s, often pronounced JAN-uh.
Ἰωάννα (Koine Greek, “Iōanna”)יוֹחָנָה (Hebrew, “Yohanah, "God is gracious"”)
How sure is this? Probable. Several unrelated names are spelled Jana; the Slavic feminine of John is the usual one in the US.
Related names: Jane, Joanna, Janna, Jan, Johanna.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God, names that mean grace.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Jana', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Joan', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Jana (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Janna popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,203 | 84 |
| 2020 | #2,311 | 77 |
| 2010 | #2,019 | 99 |
| 2000 | #1,405 | 132 |
| 1990 | #833 | 236 |
| 1980 | #525 | 366 |
| 1970 | #635 | 259 |
| 1960 | #703 | 210 |
| 1950 | #845 | 109 |
| 1940 | #1,002 | 51 |
| 1930 | #3,840 | 7 |
| 1920 | #5,332 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Janna, counting every spelling?
Janna is a spelling of Jana, a name family that ranked #680 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,203 for Janna on its own. Together these spellings went to 418 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jana | 181 | #1,247 | 994 |
| Jannah | 140 | #1,520 | 575 |
| Janna | 84 | #2,203 | 390 |
| Janah | 5 | #15,899 | 28 |
| Jaana | 8 | #11,315 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Janna?
84 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Janna (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Janna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 100 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Janna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Janna?
About 14,600 people born in the US named Janna are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 34 and 59. That makes Janna mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Janna by state
How common Janna was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (1.7×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Janna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Janna, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Janna
What does Janna mean?
Janna is a spelling of Jana, which means “form of Jane/Joanna; "God is gracious"” (Czech, Slavic, Hebrew origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Janna?
Janna was the 2203rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 84 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 472nd with 428 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 21 places. More babies were named Janna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Janna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Janna in the US.
Where is Janna most popular?
In 2021–2025, Janna was most common in New York (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and California.