# Yana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈjɑː.nə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,670 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,670 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 495, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from Hebrew, feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 72 | 2,546 |
| 2013 | 91 | 2,107 |
| 2014 | 90 | 2,138 |
| 2015 | 101 | 1,983 |
| 2016 | 89 | 2,187 |
| 2017 | 88 | 2,182 |
| 2018 | 87 | 2,178 |
| 2019 | 86 | 2,168 |
| 2020 | 90 | 2,062 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 104 | 1,929 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1,921 |
| 2024 | 106 | 1,893 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,409 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,238 |
| 2021 | 35 | 983 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,215 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1,097 |
| 2025 | 43 | 834 |

## People named Yana

- Yana Gupta, Czech model and actress
- Yana Yazova, Bulgarian writer
- Yana Daniëls, Belgian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.