girls:
15.9k births since 1912
#1193 (79th percentile)
overall:
15.9k births since 1912
#2061 (73rd percentile)
The name Janna is the #2,061 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,919 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 73.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,193 (79.1% percentile) for all time with 15,919 births since 1912.
Janna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Janna is available in 103 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Janna reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 46.5% percentile (ranked #421) with 248 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 248 births per million (ranked 46.5% percentile). Despite a low point in 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Janna ranks #883 for girls (6.8% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 15.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Janna".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Janna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Janna is pronounced as JA-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-nuh, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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