Name meaning & stats
Jana
Jana means “God is gracious” (Czech origin). 45,936 US babies since 1940, peak 1961.
What it means
“God is gracious”
CzechWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1961
45,936 US babies were named Jana between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jana (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 40% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1961)