Jiana
Jiana was the 3083rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2259th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,172 places. More babies were named Jiana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Jianna) variant of Gianna · Italian, Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #3,083 girls, down 697 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 53girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202182 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,340babies recorded
What does the name Jiana mean?
Jiana is a spelling of Jianna, pronounced the same way, so it shares Jianna's meaning and origin.
Jianna is a phonetic spelling of Gianna, the Italian short form of Giovanna, which is the feminine of Giovanni (John). John is from Hebrew Yoḥanan 'YHWH is gracious'. Jianna appears in US data from the mid-1980s and rose with Gianna. In Chinese contexts Jian is an unrelated syllable, and we found no evidence that the American name draws on it.
יוֹחָנָן (Yoḥanan) (Biblical Hebrew, “YHWH is gracious”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Gianna, Giovanna, Jana.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God, names that mean grace.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Gianna', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Giovanna', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Jiana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,083 | 53 |
| 2020 | #2,386 | 74 |
| 2010 | #3,337 | 49 |
| 2000 | #4,868 | 24 |
| 1990 | #12,006 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jiana, counting every spelling?
Jiana is a spelling of Jianna, a name family that ranked #824 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,083 for Jiana on its own. Together these spellings went to 325 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jianna | 262 | #973 | 1,468 |
| Jiana | 53 | #3,083 | 335 |
| Jiannah | 10 | #9,749 | 36 |
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 Jiana?
53 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jiana (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jiana 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 158 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jiana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jiana?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Jiana are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 5 and 21. That makes Jiana mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Jiana by state
How common Jiana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. 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 Jiana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jiana, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jiana
What does Jiana mean?
Jiana is a spelling of Jianna, which means “variant of Gianna” (Italian, Hebrew origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Jiana?
Jiana was the 3083rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2259th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,172 places. More babies were named Jiana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Jiana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jiana in the US.
Where is Jiana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jiana was most common in New Jersey (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.