Yana
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning responsive or attentive.
Babies a year
43
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#834
43 babies
Yana by the numbers
In 2025, 43 babies in England and Wales were named Yana. In the US, 88 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 101 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yarasmall butterfly140 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yonadove12 in England and Wales (2025)
- YoanaGod is gracious; a form of Joanna12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yanigracious; merciful; a diminutive of Ioannis or Yannis16 in the US (2017)
- YannaGod is gracious; a form of Johanna3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yasnaworship; sacrifice in zoroastrianism6 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Yana
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