Janna

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Variant of Jane (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #2203 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Janna — on the books since 1912, #2203 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 16,000 girls share it.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Janna ranks in other countries and regions.

#214 in France (2025) · #250 in Netherlands (2025) · #328 in Ecuador (2025) · #466 in Belgium (2025) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #1,275 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,177 in England & Wales (2025) · #880 in Canada (2024).

Famous Jannas

Janna Levin — American theoretical cosmologist
Janna Jihad — Palestinian journalist
Janna Gur — Israeli linguist and journalist (born 1958)
Janna Michaels — American actress
Janna Nick — Malaysian female actress, host, singer, director and publisher (born 1995)

In stories & tradition

Janna — League of Legends (video game)

What Jannas become

Among 175 notable people named Janna:

Entertainers appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Janna, Finnish singer, songwriter and pianist.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Jana (#1247) and Jannah (#1520), Janna would rank around #701 with about 400 births last year — the newborns split about 44/35/21 across Jana, Jannah, and Janna.

Similar names: Janie · Terra · Jackie · Ilana · Elisha · Rosanna

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