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Girl's name · #221 in the US (2025) · Timeless
Few names move less than Jane — on the books since 1880, #221 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 380,000 girls have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
See where Jane is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
See how Jane ranks in other countries and regions.
#207 in Netherlands (2025) · #213 in Ireland (2025) · #272 in Canada (2025) · #290 in N. Ireland (2025) · #376 in New Zealand (2025) · #550 in Belgium (2025) · #632 in Scotland (2025) · #1,029 in France (2025) · #1,058 in Italy (2024) · #1,086 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,110 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) and 8 more.
Among 2,900 notable people named Jane:
Artists & writers appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jane Austen, English novelist (1775–1817).
About 150 girls a year are given Janie as their full name and 80 Jennie.
Similar names: Jana · Miriam · Janiyah · Anne · Eva · Jacqueline
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