Jane
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- Jeanne 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Joan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Jean 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Jane 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Joanne 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Juana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Joanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Joann 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇨🇦
- Johanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Jana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Ivana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Johana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇺🇾
- Joana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Giovanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Janna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Ivanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Yana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Janae 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Yohana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Johanne 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦🇮🇪
- Yoana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Jeanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Jannah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Jeana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴
Jane is a girl name family recorded 3,656,696 times in 29 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Austria (#10 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in France in 1900, at 3,410.4 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Joan (United States, Ontario, Catalonia), Jeanne (France), Juana (Argentina).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Jane
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanne | French | 567,375 | 🇫🇷 France | #23 | 1900 | ▶ 1 % |
| Jeanne | French | 163,609 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4546 | 1925 | ▼ 17 % |
| Jeanne | French | 4,604 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #23 | 2025 | ▲ 69 % |
| Jeanne | French | 3,647 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #28 | 2025 | ▲ 53 % |
| Jeanne | French | 2,076 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1929 | – |
| Jeanne | French | 836 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #257 | 2006 | ▼ 14 % |
| Joan | English | 488,939 | 🇺🇸 United States | #984 | 1932 | ▲ 89 % |
| Joan | English | 21,663 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1934 | – |
| Joan | English | 12,260 | 🇪🇸 Spain | – | 2002 | – |
| Joan | English | 9,705 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #42 | 2000 | ▼ 37 % |
| Joan | English | 8,580 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #411 | 2013 | ▲ 59 % |
| Joan | English | 8,370 | 🇫🇷 France | #788 | 2008 | ▼ 59 % |
| Jean | English | 458,436 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2117 | 1929 | ▲ 46 % |
| Jean | English | 17,856 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1410 | 1925 | new |
| Jean | English | 2,420 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1972 | – |
| Jean | English | 2,337 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1925 | – |
| Jean | English | 530 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 1917 | – |
| Jean | English | 442 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1974 | – |
| Jane | English | 381,009 | 🇺🇸 United States | #221 | 1945 | ▲ 39 % |
| Jane | English | 12,047 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #542 | 1950 | ▼ 10 % |
| Jane | English | 8,585 | 🇫🇷 France | #1027 | 1917 | ▲ 10 % |
| Jane | English | 6,907 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1966 | – |
| Jane | English | 4,805 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #213 | 1974 | ▼ 23 % |
| Jane | English | 2,727 | 🇦🇺 South Australia | – | 1957 | – |
| Joanne | English | 212,474 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2607 | 1934 | ▼ 25 % |
| Joanne | English | 16,522 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #932 | 1958 | ▲ 30 % |
| Joanne | English | 13,268 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1970 | – |
| Joanne | English | 5,289 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1978 | – |
| Joanne | English | 4,992 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1979 | – |
| Joanne | English | 3,465 | 🇫🇷 France | #665 | 1988 | ▲ 68 % |
| Juana | Spanish | 162,897 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #49 | 1922 | ▲ 126 % |
| Juana | Spanish | 18,881 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1222 | 1904 | ▲ 95 % |
| Juana | Spanish | 1,310 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #43 | 1940 | ▲ 876 % |
| Juana | Spanish | 1,030 | 🇫🇷 France | #5446 | 1966 | ▼ 37 % |
| Juana | Spanish | 291 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #311 | 2024 | ▲ 59 % |
| Juana | Spanish | 17 | 🏴 England & Wales | #3705 | 2025 | – |
| Joanna | Polish | 112,067 | 🇺🇸 United States | #306 | 1984 | ▲ 5 % |
| Joanna | Polish | 31,183 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #76 | 2000 | ▼ 57 % |
| Joanna | Polish | 8,255 | 🇫🇷 France | #710 | 1992 | ▲ 38 % |
| Joanna | Polish | 4,347 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #250 | 1984 | ▲ 22 % |
| Joanna | Polish | 4,115 | 🏴 England & Wales | #514 | 1996 | ▼ 15 % |
| Joanna | Polish | 2,555 | 🏴 Scotland | #359 | 1978 | ▶ 2 % |
| Joann | English | 157,456 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3028 | 1934 | ▼ 31 % |
| Joann | English | 806 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1954 | – |
| Joann | English | 660 | 🇫🇷 France | #3354 | 2011 | ▼ 58 % |
| Joann | English | 171 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1982 | – |
| Joann | English | 96 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1951 | – |
| Joann | English | 28 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1977 | – |
| Johanna | German | 54,376 | 🇺🇸 United States | #869 | 1893 | ▼ 40 % |
| Johanna | German | 33,294 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #1277 | 1990 | ▼ 83 % |
| Johanna | German | 27,640 | 🇫🇷 France | #643 | 1993 | ▼ 53 % |
| Johanna | German | 16,172 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #10 | 2018 | ▼ 23 % |
| Johanna | German | 5,018 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | #782 | 1998 | ▼ 78 % |
| Johanna | German | 2,473 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | #80 | 2023 | – |
| Jana | Russian | 46,223 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1241 | 1961 | ▼ 24 % |
| Jana | Russian | 8,038 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #87 | 2007 | – |
| Jana | Russian | 7,627 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #13 | 2007 | ▲ 4 % |
| Jana | Russian | 7,608 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #69 | 2008 | ▼ 51 % |
| Jana | Russian | 5,355 | 🇫🇷 France | #223 | 2019 | ▲ 34 % |
| Jana | Russian | 5,036 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #256 | 1998 | ▼ 54 % |
How we grouped these names
- Jeanne ↔ Joan — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Jane — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Juana — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Giovanna — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Joana — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Ioana — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Johanna — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Joanna — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Johana — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Ivana — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Zhanna — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Žana — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Jeane — checked by hand
- Jeanne ↔ Jehanne — checked by hand
Questions about Jane
How popular is the name Jane?
In 2025 it ranked #10 in Austria. Official registers record 3,656,696 births across 29 countries.
What is Jane in other languages?
Jeanne (French); Joan (English); Jean (English); Joanne (English); Juana (Spanish); Joanna (Polish); Joann (English); Johanna (German); Jana (Russian); Ivana (Spanish).
When was Jane most popular?
It peaked in France in 1900, at 3,410.4 births per 100,000.
Is Jane a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Jane is a girl name.