Janna

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Hebrew — Variant of Jane

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 have carried the name since.

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

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#214 in France (2025) · #250 in Netherlands (2025) · #328 in Ecuador (2025) · #410 in Italy (2024) · #456 in Belgium (2025) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #1,106 in Canada (2025) · #1,275 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,691 in Austria (2025) · #3,035 in England & Wales (2025) · #641 in Poland (2024) · #545 in Scotland (1995) and 2 more.

Famous Jannas

Janna Levin — American theoretical cosmologist (born 1967)
Janna Allen — American songwriter (1957–1993)
Janna Dominguez — Filipino actress (born 1990)
Janna Nick — Malaysian actress and singer (born 1995)
Janna Michaels — American actress (born 1983)

In stories & tradition

Janna — Playable character from the game League of Legends

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 (born 1981).

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: Jana · Terra · Jackie · Ilana · Rosanna · Dina

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