Janet
#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #7,792
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 9,870 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 43 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 556,776since 1880
Janet over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,778 | 61 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,434 | 74 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,020 | 97 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,918 | 104 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,071 | 92 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,005 | 93 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,700 | 123 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,406 | 159 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,353 | 171 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,425 | 162 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,477 | 155 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,376 | 168 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,260 | 189 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,158 | 212 | — | |
| 2011 | #952 | 269 | — | |
| 2010 | #889 | 298 | — | |
| 2009 | #804 | 353 | — | |
| 2008 | #717 | 415 | — | |
| 2007 | #658 | 449 | — | |
| 2006 | #561 | 523 | — | |
| 2005 | #562 | 512 | — | |
| 2004 | #452 | 672 | — | |
| 2003 | #507 | 565 | — | |
| 2002 | #456 | 630 | — | |
| 2001 | #412 | 696 | — | |
| 2000 | #412 | 686 | — | |
| 1999 | #429 | 646 | — | |
| 1998 | #372 | 759 | — | |
| 1997 | #365 | 757 | — | |
| 1996 | #338 | 827 | — | |
| 1995 | #297 | 928 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #277 | 1,007 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #259 | 1,068 | — | |
| 1992 | #230 | 1,197 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #236 | 1,186 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #223 | 1,285 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #227 | 1,210 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #220 | 1,179 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #204 | 1,313 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #214 | 1,236 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #207 | 1,242 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #207 | 1,266 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #190 | 1,398 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #182 | 1,499 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #176 | 1,568 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #172 | 1,609 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #160 | 1,748 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #159 | 1,730 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #147 | 1,945 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #142 | 1,879 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #139 | 1,950 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #130 | 2,175 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #119 | 2,521 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #111 | 2,954 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #112 | 3,394 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #96 | 4,158 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #84 | 4,380 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #73 | 4,838 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #61 | 5,657 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #57 | 6,434 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1965 | #55 | 7,654 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #48 | 9,249 | #1,581 | 25 |
| 1963 | #40 | 10,667 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #35 | 12,256 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #32 | 13,930 | #1,496 | 29 |
| 1960 | #32 | 14,250 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #28 | 14,964 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #28 | 14,816 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #23 | 15,753 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #21 | 16,758 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #20 | 17,920 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #19 | 18,477 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #19 | 17,771 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #19 | 17,921 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #19 | 16,947 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #18 | 16,193 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #23 | 14,860 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #24 | 13,977 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #23 | 15,236 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1946 | #21 | 14,142 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #20 | 12,326 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1944 | #21 | 12,592 | #1,107 | 36 |
| 1943 | #20 | 13,316 | #986 | 46 |
| 1942 | #19 | 13,065 | #1,089 | 39 |
| 1941 | #18 | 11,136 | #1,209 | 30 |
| 1940 | #19 | 10,105 | #1,031 | 39 |
| 1939 | #17 | 10,120 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #16 | 9,870 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #18 | 9,363 | #967 | 42 |
| 1936 | #21 | 8,080 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #22 | 7,856 | #1,226 | 30 |
| 1934 | #21 | 8,071 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | #25 | 7,342 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #35 | 5,786 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #45 | 4,948 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #53 | 4,602 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #82 | 3,050 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #95 | 2,782 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #111 | 2,546 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #110 | 2,469 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #111 | 2,428 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #118 | 2,293 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #121 | 2,221 | — | |
| 1922 | #129 | 2,004 | — | |
| 1921 | #124 | 2,123 | — | |
| 1920 | #124 | 2,057 | — | |
| 1919 | #126 | 1,864 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #129 | 1,812 | — | |
| 1917 | #136 | 1,585 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #142 | 1,449 | — | |
| 1915 | #158 | 1,173 | — | |
| 1914 | #163 | 883 | — | |
| 1913 | #162 | 712 | — | |
| 1912 | #177 | 553 | — | |
| 1911 | #186 | 386 | — | |
| 1910 | #216 | 296 | — | |
| 1909 | #232 | 242 | — | |
| 1908 | #226 | 231 | — | |
| 1907 | #237 | 197 | — | |
| 1906 | #281 | 139 | — | |
| 1905 | #262 | 154 | — | |
| 1904 | #278 | 128 | — | |
| 1903 | #289 | 119 | — | |
| 1902 | #292 | 115 | — | |
| 1901 | #288 | 108 | — | |
| 1900 | #326 | 108 | — | |
| 1899 | #336 | 80 | — | |
| 1898 | #277 | 122 | — | |
| 1897 | #278 | 103 | — | |
| 1896 | #289 | 102 | — | |
| 1895 | #301 | 92 | — | |
| 1894 | #293 | 89 | — | |
| 1893 | #318 | 72 | — | |
| 1892 | #308 | 78 | — | |
| 1891 | #267 | 84 | — | |
| 1890 | #286 | 76 | — | |
| 1889 | #324 | 57 | — | |
| 1888 | #284 | 68 | — | |
| 1887 | #278 | 58 | — | |
| 1886 | #277 | 56 | — | |
| 1885 | #294 | 46 | — | |
| 1884 | #304 | 40 | — | |
| 1883 | #270 | 44 | — | |
| 1882 | #296 | 35 | — | |
| 1881 | #290 | 29 | — | |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Janet was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 36 girls a year got the name.
See more about Janet
- 344 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #2,778)
- 773 spots since 2020 (#2,005 → #2,778)
- 1,301 spots since 2015 (#1,477 → #2,778)
- Biggest jump: 55 spots in 2004 (#507 → #452)
- Biggest drop: 206 spots in 2012 (#952 → #1,158)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1938 at #16 (9,870 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1928–1970
- Top 1,000: 132 yrs · run 1880–2011
- Highest: 1 in 103 girls born in 1942 were named Janet (0.97%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #16 in 1938, was only 1 in 112 (0.89%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.1% of all girls named Janet (167,520) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 461 | #270 (1883) | #291 |
| 1890s | 898 | #267 (1891) | #295 |
| 1900s | 1,541 | #226 (1908) | #271 |
| 1910s | 10,713 | #126 (1919) | #160 |
| 1920s | 23,973 | #82 (1929) | #113 |
| 1930s | 76,038 | #16 (1938) | #27 |
| 1940s | 130,755 | #18 (1941) | #21 |
| 1950s | 167,520 | #18 (1950) | #21 |
| 1960s | 89,315 | #32 (1960) | #52 |
| 1970s | 24,454 | #96 (1970) | #132 |
| 1980s | 13,520 | #172 (1980) | #200 |
| 1990s | 9,660 | #223 (1990) | #303 |
| 2000s | 5,501 | #412 (2001) | #554 |
| 2010s | 1,906 | #889 (2010) | #1,300 |
| 2020s | 521 | #1,918 (2022) | #2,204 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Janet in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 1,324 of them was named Janet, which outranked 98.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 103,721 of them was named Janet, which outranked 65.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,725Zacharias19
- #2,725Zak19
- #2,725Zenas19
- #2,838Janet18
- #2,838Akiva18
- #2,838Alon18
- #2,838Alonza18
- #2,942Abran17
- #2,942Adarius17
- #2,942Addam17
Tied with 103 names at #2,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.