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Zhanna

#14,919 in 2025Girls' name

From Ukrainian Жа́нна; literal meaning unconfirmed

Zhanna has been given to 137 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #14,919 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Zhanna, 2025

1 in 553,000

Zhanna over time, 1880–2025

Girls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zhanna: meaning, origin, and history

From Ukrainian Жа́нна; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zhanna means

Zhanna is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Жа́нна (Žánna), Doublet of Johanna and Joanna.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Zhanna (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Zhanna is used in English.

Zhanna comes through Ukrainian Жа́нна.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Johanna and Joanna.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Zhanna is pronounced /ˈʒɑː.nə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 137 girls were recorded with the name Zhanna between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2016; its best national rank was #11,761 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #17,492 in 2020 to #14,919 in 2025.

How common is Zhanna?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#14,919
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zhanna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zhanna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zhannas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zhanna was born before 2012 — so the typical Zhanna is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
137
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.6% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Zhanna rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,573
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2016 (9)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#11,761
2016

Spellings of Zhanna

Zhanna is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 38.0% against Zhanna's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zhanna around the world

Where Zhanna ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2017–2017
    #5,765
    in 2017

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Zhanna by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,919
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,573
Best rank ever
#11,761
2016
Peak year
2016
9 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
137
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Zhanna

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Zhanna

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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