Jane remains a common girls' name (#221 in 2025), down from a peak of #35 in 1946.
Jane is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #221 for girl births in the United States (and #487 across all names), given to 1,380 babies. Jane was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (9,943 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,380 | 1,380 | #221 | — |
| 2024 | 1,186 | 1,186 | #269 | — |
| 2023 | 1,116 | 1,116 | #281 | — |
| 2022 | 1,089 | 1,089 | #290 | — |
| 2021 | 1,172 | 1,172 | #266 | — |
| 2020 | 1,169 | 1,169 | #264 | — |
| 2019 | 1,189 | 1,189 | #277 | — |
| 2018 | 1,133 | 1,133 | #290 | — |
| 2017 | 1,157 | 1,157 | #282 | — |
| 2016 | 1,135 | 1,135 | #279 | — |
| 2015 | 1,112 | 1,112 | #290 | — |
| 2014 | 1,026 | 1,026 | #322 | — |
| 2013 | 898 | 898 | #357 | — |
| 2012 | 927 | 927 | #343 | — |
| 2011 | 868 | 868 | #368 | — |
| 2010 | 833 | 833 | #385 | — |
| 2009 | 831 | 831 | #386 | — |
| 2008 | 826 | 826 | #389 | — |
| 2007 | 775 | 775 | #424 | — |
| 2006 | 665 | 665 | #477 | — |
| 2005 | 651 | 651 | #472 | — |
| 2004 | 657 | 657 | #459 | — |
| 2003 | 709 | 709 | #427 | #11,652 |
| 2002 | 696 | 696 | #417 | — |
| 2001 | 671 | 671 | #423 | — |
| 2000 | 647 | 647 | #437 | — |
| 1999 | 618 | 618 | #438 | — |
| 1998 | 638 | 654 | #415 | — |
| 1997 | 648 | — | #404 | — |
| 1996 | 639 | — | #407 | — |
| 1995 | 618 | — | #419 | — |
| 1994 | 706 | — | #369 | — |
| 1993 | 691 | — | #368 | — |
| 1992 | 657 | — | #395 | #8,997 |
| 1991 | 717 | — | #363 | #5,700 |
| 1990 | 781 | — | #346 | #6,078 |
| 1989 | 787 | — | #325 | #5,874 |
| 1988 | 730 | — | #340 | #6,051 |
| 1987 | 674 | — | #357 | #6,447 |
| 1986 | 679 | — | #356 | #4,269 |
| 1985 | 718 | — | #335 | #4,476 |
| 1984 | 731 | — | #323 | #5,897 |
| 1983 | 790 | — | #298 | #5,794 |
| 1982 | 850 | — | #290 | #6,779 |
| 1981 | 769 | — | #314 | #5,166 |
| 1980 | 775 | — | #312 | — |
| 1979 | 725 | — | #325 | #6,470 |
| 1978 | 699 | — | #328 | — |
| 1977 | 752 | — | #318 | #4,352 |
| 1976 | 702 | — | #320 | #5,978 |
| 1975 | 787 | — | #300 | #5,838 |
| 1974 | 835 | — | #288 | #3,993 |
| 1973 | 962 | — | #261 | #5,428 |
| 1972 | 1,166 | — | #238 | #4,678 |
| 1971 | 1,302 | — | #232 | #4,634 |
| 1970 | 1,601 | — | #202 | — |
| 1969 | 1,885 | — | #170 | #4,674 |
| 1968 | 2,200 | — | #146 | #3,222 |
| 1967 | 2,739 | — | #127 | #2,678 |
| 1966 | 3,221 | — | #111 | #3,099 |
| 1965 | 3,943 | — | #95 | #2,032 |
| 1964 | 4,574 | — | #93 | #3,430 |
| 1963 | 5,778 | — | #75 | #2,602 |
| 1962 | 6,126 | — | #73 | #2,435 |
| 1961 | 6,384 | — | #72 | #1,910 |
| 1960 | 6,605 | — | #67 | #1,880 |
| 1959 | 6,880 | — | #67 | #2,067 |
| 1958 | 7,220 | — | #61 | #1,750 |
| 1957 | 7,805 | — | #56 | #1,988 |
| 1956 | 8,251 | — | #50 | #2,706 |
| 1955 | 8,360 | — | #50 | #1,931 |
| 1954 | 8,361 | — | #49 | #1,856 |
| 1953 | 8,934 | — | #43 | #1,690 |
| 1952 | 9,338 | — | #42 | #1,973 |
| 1951 | 8,962 | — | #43 | #1,705 |
| 1950 | 8,984 | — | #39 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 8,738 | — | #41 | #1,730 |
| 1948 | 8,801 | — | #39 | #1,680 |
| 1947 | 9,961 | — | #36 | #1,817 |
| 1946 | 9,007 | — | #35 | #1,166 |
| 1945 | 7,656 | — | #36 | #1,658 |
| 1944 | 6,583 | — | #41 | #1,604 |
| 1943 | 6,052 | — | #44 | #1,608 |
| 1942 | 5,731 | — | #46 | #1,445 |
| 1941 | 5,115 | — | #46 | #1,351 |
| 1940 | 5,120 | — | #47 | #1,265 |
| 1939 | 4,796 | — | #46 | #1,342 |
| 1938 | 4,812 | — | #44 | #1,323 |
| 1937 | 4,723 | — | #42 | #1,505 |
| 1936 | 4,745 | — | #42 | #1,307 |
| 1935 | 4,664 | — | #43 | #1,684 |
| 1934 | 4,376 | — | #48 | #1,698 |
| 1933 | 4,395 | — | #47 | #1,678 |
| 1932 | 4,366 | — | #49 | #1,749 |
| 1931 | 4,552 | — | #50 | #1,611 |
| 1930 | 4,596 | — | #55 | #1,625 |
| 1929 | 4,373 | — | #62 | #1,704 |
| 1928 | 4,432 | — | #62 | #1,672 |
| 1927 | 4,722 | — | #60 | #1,452 |
| 1926 | 4,663 | — | #56 | #1,631 |
| 1925 | 4,905 | — | #53 | #1,557 |
| 1924 | 5,121 | — | #53 | #2,003 |
| 1923 | 4,928 | — | #55 | #2,695 |
| 1922 | 4,823 | — | #55 | #1,926 |
| 1921 | 5,200 | — | #47 | #2,553 |
| 1920 | 5,063 | — | #48 | #3,075 |
| 1919 | 4,544 | — | #53 | #1,927 |
| 1918 | 4,740 | — | #53 | #2,785 |
| 1917 | 4,271 | — | #55 | #2,233 |
| 1916 | 3,832 | — | #62 | #3,685 |
| 1915 | 3,279 | — | #69 | #1,924 |
| 1914 | 2,340 | — | #71 | — |
| 1913 | 1,766 | — | #81 | #2,377 |
| 1912 | 1,390 | — | #89 | — |
| 1911 | 937 | — | #98 | — |
| 1910 | 715 | — | #116 | #1,504 |
| 1909 | 626 | — | #116 | — |
| 1908 | 536 | — | #130 | #1,502 |
| 1907 | 531 | — | #124 | #1,447 |
| 1906 | 438 | — | #140 | — |
| 1905 | 393 | — | #151 | — |
| 1904 | 395 | — | #142 | — |
| 1903 | 381 | — | #143 | — |
| 1902 | 388 | — | #142 | — |
| 1901 | 325 | — | #150 | — |
| 1900 | 495 | — | #128 | — |
| 1899 | 382 | — | #128 | — |
| 1898 | 406 | — | #130 | — |
| 1897 | 396 | — | #125 | — |
| 1896 | 413 | — | #115 | — |
| 1895 | 394 | — | #119 | — |
| 1894 | 390 | — | #120 | — |
| 1893 | 354 | — | #123 | — |
| 1892 | 396 | — | #113 | — |
| 1891 | 379 | — | #102 | — |
| 1890 | 372 | — | #108 | — |
| 1889 | 374 | — | #103 | — |
| 1888 | 446 | — | #92 | — |
| 1887 | 288 | — | #107 | — |
| 1886 | 306 | — | #105 | — |
| 1885 | 330 | — | #91 | — |
| 1884 | 295 | — | #98 | — |
| 1883 | 247 | — | #102 | — |
| 1882 | 254 | — | #101 | — |
| 1881 | 216 | — | #99 | — |
| 1880 | 215 | — | #98 | — |