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Jane
Pronounced /d͡ʒeɪn/
Rank in 2024
#269
Born in 2024
1,180
Peak year
1947 · #36
Origin
French
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,180 girls were named Jane, about 1 in every 1,367.
- It peaked in 1947 with 9,942 babies, ranked #36.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 378,486 girls have been named Jane since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jane per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.5Greatest1901–27
- 4.4Silent1928–45
- 4.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 71,028 babies, 3.47 per 1,000. Silent: 90,702 babies, 4.39 per 1,000. Boomers: 148,730 babies, 4.15 per 1,000. Gen X: 24,199 babies, 0.95 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,451 babies, 0.41 per 1,000. Gen Z: 11,655 babies, 0.40 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,373 babies, 0.66 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role. Doublet of Gianna, Ivana, Jana, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
- A female given name from French, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /d͡ʒeɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jane, CC BY-SA 4.0.