Janie

#1,326 for girls in 2025, 168 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · girls
1882 · 134 births
Debut · girls
96 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
75,598
since 1880

Janie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #133, 1882girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,326168
2024#1,536139
2023#1,544138
2022#1,456152
2021#1,630128
2020#1,781111
2019#1,528141
2018#1,677124
2017#1,636132
2016#1,456158
2015#1,388170
2014#1,391165
2013#1,496148
2012#1,408163
2011#1,577138
2010#1,456155
2009#1,228203
2008#1,250201
2007#1,402170
2006#1,281186
2005#1,054226
2004#1,038223
2003#1,126195
2002#946236
2001#1,001214
2000#1,014208
1999#991207
1998#971210
1997#858238
1996#862231
1995#800248
1994#730285
1993#762270
1992#710304
1991#671321
1990#667323
1989#688294#7,9055
1988#626317
1987#689268#5,4597
1986#624297
1985#626299
1984#589306
1983#579309
1982#550335#3,96610
1981#550338
1980#583316
1979#558330
1978#569303
1977#521353
1976#498360#3,7249
1975#509351#4,7976
1974#497354#3,8378
1973#468389#5,1015
1972#435441#4,4416
1971#452454#4,9075
1970#456475#4,2306
1969#432498#3,9356
1968#429490
1967#390554
1966#372595#2,9868
1965#365620
1964#347752#3,6016
1963#301940
1962#299952#3,3057
1961#2841,049#3,6526
1960#2741,082#2,53511
1959#2621,128
1958#2461,215
1957#2351,304#3,0248
1956#2151,410
1955#2091,483#3,8865
1954#2051,492
1953#1971,578#3,7985
1952#1891,569#3,7345
1951#1761,707
1950#1641,729
1949#1651,737
1948#1761,579#2,7888
1947#1611,845#2,8628
1946#1581,704
1945#1591,469#2,5748
1944#1861,163#3,1096
1943#1981,065
1942#212949#2,04213
1941#217797
1940#213811#2,6718
1939#222758
1938#218778#2,8687
1937#230706#2,9057
1936#216754
1935#227744#1,83715
1934#223771#2,5639
1933#229710#3,6425
1932#229704#3,3616
1931#230696#3,7635
1930#229707
1929#225707#2,9808
1928#234709#3,3577
1927#240729
1926#256664
1925#241741#4,1975
1924#243751#3,5057
1923#246699
1922#250684
1921#250708#4,3225
1920#235764
1919#226751
1918#251656
1917#246634
1916#244649
1915#247571
1914#244472#3,2645
1913#218471
1912#221416
1911#224317
1910#181377
1909#193301
1908#196284
1907#185295
1906#187265
1905#171306
1904#178272
1903#179260
1902#176262
1901#163278
1900#167330
1899#186224
1898#190235
1897#174247
1896#184223
1895#179220
1894#165246
1893#175211
1892#159242
1891#164204
1890#161220
1889#147226
1888#153206
1887#157155
1886#157149
1885#144155
1884#159122
1883#142135
1882#133134
1881#139113
1880#14696
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Janie was already there! It came in at #146, and was given to 96 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.

See more about Janie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 210 spots since 2024 (#1,536#1,326)
  • 455 spots since 2020 (#1,781#1,326)
  • 62 spots since 2015 (#1,388#1,326)
  • Biggest jump: 63 spots in 1988 (#689#626)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 2003 (#946#1,126)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #133 (134 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 121 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 789
  • Highest: 1 in 789 girls born in 1889 were named Janie (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,567 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #133 in 1882, was only 1 in 805 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 19.3% of all girls named Janie (14,615) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,491#133 (1882)#148
1890s2,272#159 (1892)#174
1900s2,853#163 (1901)#180
1910s5,314#181 (1910)#230
1920s7,156#225 (1929)#242
1930s7,328#216 (1936)#225
1940s13,119#158 (1946)#185
1950s14,615#164 (1950)#210
1960s7,532#274 (1960)#349
1970s3,810#435 (1972)#496
1980s3,079#550 (1981)#610
1990s2,637#667 (1990)#802
2000s2,062#946 (2002)#1,134
2010s1,494#1,388 (2015)#1,501
2020s836#1,326 (2025)#1,546

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.

Janie in 1964

girls
#347
752 births · 1 in 2,520 girls
boys
#3,601
6 births · 1 in 332,116 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #347Janie752

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #3,601Janie6
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 2,520 of them was named Janie, which outranked 95.6% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janie
  1. #344Daphne766
  2. #345Ana758
  3. #346Marian756
  4. #347Janie752
  5. #348Myra749
  6. #349Jeannette732
  7. #350Marion727
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 332,116 of them was named Janie, which outranked 21.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janie
  1. #3,282Yusuf7
  2. #3,282Zacarias7
  3. #3,282Zvi7
  4. #3,601Janie6
  5. #3,601Able6
  6. #3,601Adriano6
  7. #3,601Alanzo6
  8. #4,039Abdullah5
  9. #4,039Abelino5
  10. #4,039Abie5

Tied with 437 names at #3,601; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964