Jianna
Jianna was the 973rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 262 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 769th with 371 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 800 places. More babies were named Jianna in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning variant of Gianna · Italian, Hebrew
Say it jee-AH-nuh /dʒiˈɑnə/
- Rank in 2025
- #973 girls, down 122 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 262girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021371 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,306babies recorded
What does the name Jianna mean?
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)
Jianna popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #973 | 262 |
| 2020 | #851 | 320 |
| 2010 | #1,672 | 127 |
| 2000 | #2,685 | 55 |
| 1990 | #12,007 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jianna, counting every spelling?
Jianna is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #824 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #973 for Jianna 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 Jianna?
262 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jianna (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jianna 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 32 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jianna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jianna?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Jianna are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 18. That makes Jianna a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Jianna by state
How common Jianna was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.8×), Florida (1.7×), Texas (1.6×). In 25 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 Jianna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jianna, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Jianna · Sibling names for Jianna
Questions about the name Jianna
What does Jianna mean?
Jianna means “variant of Gianna” (Italian, Hebrew origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Jianna?
Jianna was the 973rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 262 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 769th with 371 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 800 places. More babies were named Jianna in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Jianna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jianna in the US.
Where is Jianna most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jianna was most common in California (0.32 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Texas.