Janine

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,559
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1960 · 1,380 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,508
since 1914

Janine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #231, 1960girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221
2024#5,96220
2023#5,96020
2022#5,30924
2021#4,41331
2020#5,16824
2019#4,90927
2018#3,00454
2017#3,91938
2016#3,70741
2015#3,25450
2014#4,76829
2013#3,40446
2012#2,93558
2011#4,24434
2010#3,51645
2009#2,82662
2008#3,93640
2007#2,61670
2006#3,09054
2005#2,08889
2004#1,855102
2003#1,92594
2002#1,86695
2001#1,765101
2000#1,674105
1999#1,431122
1998#1,382124
1997#1,273138
1996#1,079171
1995#1,023178
1994#961193
1993#803250
1992#734288
1991#734283
1990#659337
1989#639328
1988#565366
1987#575345
1986#540376
1985#484426
1984#422507
1983#401541
1982#410560
1981#429496
1980#427507
1979#410524
1978#417484
1977#422480
1976#408495
1975#410491
1974#385541
1973#365584
1972#367594
1971#321830
1970#2811,044
1969#303893
1968#295882
1967#2591,056#3,5596
1966#2381,238#3,9485
1965#2321,357
1964#2511,240
1963#2611,135
1962#2461,289
1961#2421,288
1960#2311,380
1959#340774
1958#445459
1957#376581
1956#363578
1955#314745
1954#297813
1953#311694
1952#346564
1951#401421
1950#446327
1949#504258
1948#482277
1947#479293
1946#583188
1945#77393
1944#1,02958
1943#99264
1942#1,04656
1941#1,27136
1940#1,08045
1939#95355
1938#93158
1937#1,33030
1936#1,18636
1935#1,30731
1934#1,07942
1933#1,40027
1932#1,21335
1931#1,37529
1930#1,46028
1929#1,44728
1928#2,95410
1927
1926#3,8737
1925
1924#5,0615
1923#4,3766
1922
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1920
1919
1918#4,8095
1917#4,5945
1916
1915#4,2745
1914#2,8767
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Janine! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Janine is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNHWashington: #276 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,108 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #237 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,204 girlsMNIllinois: #297 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,849 girlsILWisconsin: #187 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsWIMichigan: #196 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,554 girlsMINew York: #295 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 2,618 girlsNYMassachusetts: #191 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,726 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedRIOregon: #215 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,383 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedSDIowa: #188 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,293 girlsIAIndiana: #269 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,452 girlsINOhio: #268 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,436 girlsOHPennsylvania: #333 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,702 girlsPANew Jersey: #269 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,701 girlsNJConnecticut: #267 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,892 girlsCTCalifornia: #246 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 1,642 girlsCAUtah: #206 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,065 girlsUTColorado: #331 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,709 girlsCONebraska: #240 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,064 girlsNEMissouri: #534 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,266 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedWVVirginia: #527 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,733 girlsVAMaryland: #338 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,722 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #452 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,442 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedHITexas: #1,122 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 21,308 girlsTXFlorida: #499 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,452 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#187 · 1 in 1,603
  2. Iowa#188 · 1 in 1,293
  3. Massachusetts#191 · 1 in 1,726
  4. Michigan#196 · 1 in 1,554
  5. Utah#206 · 1 in 1,065

Best ever in a state: #106 in Wyoming, 1968.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#187251 in 1,603
Iowa#188221 in 1,293
Massachusetts#191281 in 1,726
Michigan#196521 in 1,554
Utah#20691 in 1,065
Oregon#215121 in 1,383
Minnesota#237161 in 2,204
Nebraska#24071 in 2,064
California#246801 in 1,642
Connecticut#26771 in 2,892
Ohio#268391 in 2,436
Indiana#269191 in 2,452
New Jersey#269181 in 2,701
Washington#276131 in 2,108
New York#295591 in 2,618
Illinois#297331 in 2,849
Colorado#33161 in 2,709
Pennsylvania#333301 in 3,702
Maryland#33871 in 3,722
Louisiana#45281 in 4,442
Florida#49961 in 5,452
Virginia#52751 in 7,733
Missouri#53451 in 8,266
Texas#1,12251 in 21,308
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Janine
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 240 spots since 2024 (#5,962#5,722)
  • 554 spots since 2020 (#5,168#5,722)
  • 2,468 spots since 2015 (#3,254#5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1938 (#1,330#931)
  • Biggest drop: 158 spots in 1994 (#803#961)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1960 at #231 (1,380 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1945–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,301
  • Highest: 1 in 1,301 girls born in 1965 were named Janine (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #231 in 1960, was only 1 in 1,465 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 35.1% of all girls named Janine (11,758) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s22#2,876 (1914)#4,138
1920s56#1,447 (1929)#3,542
1930s371#931 (1938)#1,223
1940s1,368#479 (1947)#824
1950s5,956#297 (1954)#364
1960s11,758#231 (1960)#256
1970s6,067#281 (1970)#379
1980s4,452#401 (1983)#489
1990s2,084#659 (1990)#1,008
2000s812#1,674 (2000)#2,364
2010s422#2,935 (2012)#3,766
2020s140#4,413 (2021)#5,422

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.

Janine in 1952

girls
#346
564 births · 1 in 3,288 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #346Janine564
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 3,288 of them was named Janine, which outranked 94.6% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janine
  1. #342Gretchen583
  2. #344Elsie575
  3. #345Lou569
  4. #346Janine564
  5. #347Susanne559
  6. #348Kerry556
  7. #349Hattie554
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. 2,501Pandora#3,284#783
  2. 368Lise#1,314#946
  3. 353Vanessa#656#303
  4. 334Dorinda#1,170#836
  5. 332Mitzi#928#596
Fallers
  1. 380Rhona#988#1,368
  2. 342Sharleen#765#1,107
  3. 270Enid#908#1,178
  4. 237Allyn#988#1,225
  5. 230Sheron#908#1,138

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

See the top 100 for 1952