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How popular is the name Jane?
Births per year, rank history and how many Janes are alive today.
Jane (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 30 in 2025, ranked 1110th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1964, when around 11,100 babies were given the name, the 7th most popular that year. Jane's popularity is double-peaked: popular in the early 1900s and stronger still at its peak in the 1960s. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 230,000 babies have been named Jane in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Jane is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jayne; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Jane include Joan.
Across all spellings of the name, the Jane you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Janes born in England and Wales are between 59 and 70, and there are at least 180,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 44% chance that at least one of them will be called Jane.
How many babies are named Jane each year?
Includes all spellings: Jane, Jayne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Jane spelling rank?
Where does the Jayne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jane most popular?
Jane peaked in 1964, when around 11,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Jane?
At least 180,000 people named Jane in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jane?
Most living Janes are between 59 and 70; the most common age is about 62.
Is Jane becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.