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Baby name
Jane
Girl
Origin of the name
Jane is the English feminine of John, through the Old French Jehanne.
Classic name
379,876births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 36rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Jane are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jane is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jane is most common in Vermont (1.9 times), Wisconsin (1.9) and Massachusetts (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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