Yana is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “person, people.” In 2024 it was given to 106 girls in the United States.
Yana belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “person, people” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Yana first appears in Social Security records in 1955. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1759 in 1956, and in 2024 106 babies received the name — 2,595 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Yana means “person, people” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Yana is a girl name. In 2024, 106 babies received the name in the US.
Yana comes from the Japanese tradition.
Yana first appears in US records in 1955. Its best-ever ranking was #1759 in 1956, and 106 babies were given the name in 2024.
Yana is pronounced /ˈjɑː.nə/ (IPA).
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