Janae

Where Janae comes from

20th-century coinage from Jane, possibly influenced by Renée.
— Wiktionary's entry for Janae
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1939
    First appearance
    #3,782 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Peak, #464
    545 babies named Janae — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1999
    Janae Jefferson born
    American softball player
  4. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,003.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Janae Shamp · American politician
  • Janae Jefferson · American softball player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.