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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #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 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedAKMaine: #178 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 912 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNHWashington: #137 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 583 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedIDMontana: #178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 695 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #189 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 846 girlsNDMinnesota: #158 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 805 girlsMNIllinois: #214 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 1,186 girlsILWisconsin: #158 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 893 girlsWIMichigan: #215 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 1,190 girlsMINew York: #129 for girls · 245 births · 1 in 627 girlsNYMassachusetts: #143 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 814 girlsMARhode Island: #119 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 562 girlsRIOregon: #257 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,347 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #174 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 735 girlsSDIowa: #265 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,703 girlsIAIndiana: #287 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,953 girlsINOhio: #254 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,601 girlsOHPennsylvania: #156 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 830 girlsPANew Jersey: #118 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 544 girlsNJConnecticut: #171 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 921 girlsCTCalifornia: #189 for girls · 184 births · 1 in 879 girlsCAUtah: #199 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 863 girlsUTColorado: #225 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 993 girlsCONebraska: #208 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsNEMissouri: #272 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,735 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #343 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,712 girlsWVVirginia: #408 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,647 girlsVAMaryland: #218 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,226 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedDEArizona: #311 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,488 girlsAZNew Mexico: #267 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,211 girlsNMKansas: #291 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,710 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #540 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,971 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #207 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 975 girlsDCOklahoma: #364 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,432 girlsOKLouisiana: #375 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,387 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMSAlabama: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,899 girlsALGeorgia: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,835 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedHITexas: #524 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,170 girlsTXFlorida: #398 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,960 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#118 · 1 in 544
  2. Rhode Island#119 · 1 in 562
  3. New York#129 · 1 in 627
  4. Washington#137 · 1 in 583
  5. Massachusetts#143 · 1 in 814

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#118991 in 544
Rhode Island#119131 in 562
New York#1292451 in 627
Washington#137381 in 583
Massachusetts#143581 in 814
Pennsylvania#1561121 in 830
Minnesota#158391 in 805
Wisconsin#158411 in 893
Connecticut#171251 in 921
South Dakota#17471 in 735
Maine#17891 in 912
Montana#17871 in 695
California#1891841 in 879
North Dakota#18961 in 846
Utah#199101 in 863
District of Columbia#207121 in 975
Nebraska#208111 in 1,049
Illinois#214771 in 1,186
Michigan#215621 in 1,190
Maryland#218231 in 1,226
Colorado#225161 in 993
Ohio#254551 in 1,601
Oregon#257101 in 1,347
Iowa#265131 in 1,703
New Mexico#26781 in 1,211
Missouri#272211 in 1,735
Indiana#287221 in 1,953
Kansas#29191 in 1,710
Arizona#31191 in 1,488
West Virginia#34351 in 2,712
Oklahoma#36471 in 2,432
Louisiana#375141 in 2,387
Florida#398151 in 2,960
Virginia#408101 in 3,647
Texas#524231 in 4,170
North Carolina#54071 in 5,971
Georgia#57271 in 5,835
Alabama#57951 in 5,899
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Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Kentucky
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
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Vermont
Wyoming

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 1965

girls
#232
1,357 births · 1 in 1,301 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #232Janine1,357
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 1,301 of them was named Janine, which outranked 96.9% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janine
  1. #228Lora1,385
  2. #230Kristina1,372
  3. #231Vicky1,366
  4. #232Janine1,357
  5. #233Eva1,339
  6. #234Patti1,311
  7. #235Danielle1,306
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 723Marni#1,610#887
  2. 654Dionne#1,281#627
  3. 432Marnie#1,016#584
  4. 426Keli#1,383#957
  5. 368Gia#1,334#966
Fallers
  1. 1,326Djuna#738#2,064
  2. 470Djuana#756#1,226
  3. 383Shirl#714#1,097
  4. 297Beverley#955#1,252
  5. 275Dottie#912#1,187

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

See the top 100 for 1965