Janeen

Where Janeen comes from

The dictionaries list Janeen as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1930
    First appearance
    #4,550 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Peak, #610
    269 babies named Janeen — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #973.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Janeen Uzzell · business director
  • Janeen L. Birckhead · U.S. military officer
  • Janeen Connolly · American politician

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.