Janey
#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,044since 1884
Janey over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janey has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,459 | 44 |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 |
| 2022 | #3,827 | 39 |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 |
| 2008 | #3,017 | 57 |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 |
| 2006 | #3,368 | 48 |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 |
| 2004 | #3,689 | 39 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 |
| 2000 | #3,169 | 43 |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,388 | 53 |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 |
| 1989 | #2,278 | 52 |
| 1988 | #2,011 | 59 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 |
| 1964 | #1,419 | 63 |
| 1963 | #1,319 | 70 |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 |
| 1961 | #1,232 | 80 |
| 1960 | #1,393 | 62 |
| 1959 | #1,203 | 79 |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 |
| 1956 | #1,023 | 100 |
| 1955 | #1,050 | 92 |
| 1954 | #1,076 | 83 |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 |
| 1952 | #935 | 98 |
| 1951 | #1,109 | 70 |
| 1950 | #978 | 86 |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 |
| 1948 | #890 | 95 |
| 1947 | #842 | 108 |
| 1946 | #839 | 97 |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 |
| 1944 | #1,053 | 55 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 |
| 1941 | #1,041 | 49 |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Janey! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 504 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #3,459)
- 804 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #3,459)
- 685 spots since 2015 (#4,144 → #3,459)
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1945 (#1,053 → #790)
- Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1951 (#978 → #1,109)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1886 at #778 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1945–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,523
- Highest: 1 in 14,523 girls born in 1945 were named Janey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #778 in 1886, was only 1 in 16,059 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 16.9% of all girls named Janey (853) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #778 (1886) | #901 |
| 1890s | 18 | #1,263 (1898) | #1,448 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,778 |
| 1910s | 149 | #1,480 (1914) | #1,907 |
| 1920s | 237 | #1,376 (1925) | #1,779 |
| 1930s | 292 | #1,091 (1938) | #1,486 |
| 1940s | 736 | #790 (1945) | #970 |
| 1950s | 853 | #935 (1952) | #1,082 |
| 1960s | 538 | #1,232 (1961) | #1,642 |
| 1970s | 364 | #1,946 (1972) | #2,308 |
| 1980s | 384 | #2,011 (1988) | #2,631 |
| 1990s | 434 | #2,201 (1990) | #2,866 |
| 2000s | 423 | #3,017 (2008) | #3,552 |
| 2010s | 359 | #3,166 (2013) | #4,141 |
| 2020s | 219 | #3,459 (2025) | #3,997 |
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.
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