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
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 1,380 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,508since 1914
Janine over time
Rank among girls' names. Janine has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,004 | 54 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,935 | 58 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,826 | 62 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,616 | 70 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,088 | 89 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,855 | 102 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,925 | 94 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,866 | 95 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,765 | 101 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,674 | 105 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,431 | 122 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,382 | 124 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,273 | 138 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,079 | 171 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,023 | 178 | — | |
| 1994 | #961 | 193 | — | |
| 1993 | #803 | 250 | — | |
| 1992 | #734 | 288 | — | |
| 1991 | #734 | 283 | — | |
| 1990 | #659 | 337 | — | |
| 1989 | #639 | 328 | — | |
| 1988 | #565 | 366 | — | |
| 1987 | #575 | 345 | — | |
| 1986 | #540 | 376 | — | |
| 1985 | #484 | 426 | — | |
| 1984 | #422 | 507 | — | |
| 1983 | #401 | 541 | — | |
| 1982 | #410 | 560 | — | |
| 1981 | #429 | 496 | — | |
| 1980 | #427 | 507 | — | |
| 1979 | #410 | 524 | — | |
| 1978 | #417 | 484 | — | |
| 1977 | #422 | 480 | — | |
| 1976 | #408 | 495 | — | |
| 1975 | #410 | 491 | — | |
| 1974 | #385 | 541 | — | |
| 1973 | #365 | 584 | — | |
| 1972 | #367 | 594 | — | |
| 1971 | #321 | 830 | — | |
| 1970 | #281 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1969 | #303 | 893 | — | |
| 1968 | #295 | 882 | — | |
| 1967 | #259 | 1,056 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #238 | 1,238 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #232 | 1,357 | — | |
| 1964 | #251 | 1,240 | — | |
| 1963 | #261 | 1,135 | — | |
| 1962 | #246 | 1,289 | — | |
| 1961 | #242 | 1,288 | — | |
| 1960 | #231 | 1,380 | — | |
| 1959 | #340 | 774 | — | |
| 1958 | #445 | 459 | — | |
| 1957 | #376 | 581 | — | |
| 1956 | #363 | 578 | — | |
| 1955 | #314 | 745 | — | |
| 1954 | #297 | 813 | — | |
| 1953 | #311 | 694 | — | |
| 1952 | #346 | 564 | — | |
| 1951 | #401 | 421 | — | |
| 1950 | #446 | 327 | — | |
| 1949 | #504 | 258 | — | |
| 1948 | #482 | 277 | — | |
| 1947 | #479 | 293 | — | |
| 1946 | #583 | 188 | — | |
| 1945 | #773 | 93 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,029 | 58 | — | |
| 1943 | #992 | 64 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,046 | 56 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,080 | 45 | — | |
| 1939 | #953 | 55 | — | |
| 1938 | #931 | 58 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,079 | 42 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
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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 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#115 · 1 in 538
- Massachusetts#123 · 1 in 653
- Pennsylvania#134 · 1 in 663
- New Jersey#144 · 1 in 645
- Hawaii#163 · 1 in 613
Best ever in a state: #106 in Wyoming, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #115 | 271 | 1 in 538 |
| Massachusetts | #123 | 69 | 1 in 653 |
| Pennsylvania | #134 | 135 | 1 in 663 |
| New Jersey | #144 | 80 | 1 in 645 |
| Hawaii | #163 | 8 | 1 in 613 |
| Iowa | #177 | 25 | 1 in 843 |
| Minnesota | #178 | 29 | 1 in 1,012 |
| California | #182 | 171 | 1 in 899 |
| Washington | #182 | 25 | 1 in 855 |
| Rhode Island | #185 | 6 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Connecticut | #190 | 21 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Montana | #212 | 5 | 1 in 906 |
| Wisconsin | #218 | 23 | 1 in 1,546 |
| Oregon | #220 | 13 | 1 in 1,020 |
| District of Columbia | #236 | 9 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Michigan | #239 | 50 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Florida | #258 | 30 | 1 in 1,430 |
| Ohio | #261 | 51 | 1 in 1,670 |
| Maryland | #264 | 16 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Colorado | #269 | 11 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Illinois | #279 | 50 | 1 in 1,760 |
| Arizona | #292 | 9 | 1 in 1,422 |
| Nebraska | #308 | 5 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Virginia | #317 | 14 | 1 in 2,448 |
| Kansas | #322 | 7 | 1 in 2,045 |
| North Carolina | #373 | 13 | 1 in 3,053 |
| Indiana | #379 | 13 | 1 in 3,235 |
| Missouri | #421 | 9 | 1 in 3,841 |
| Louisiana | #509 | 8 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Georgia | #683 | 5 | 1 in 7,736 |
| Texas | #1,011 | 7 | 1 in 13,127 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1960 at #231 (1,380 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1945–1994
- 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
- 35.1% of all girls named Janine (11,758) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #2,876 (1914) | #4,138 |
| 1920s | 56 | #1,447 (1929) | #3,542 |
| 1930s | 371 | #931 (1938) | #1,223 |
| 1940s | 1,368 | #479 (1947) | #824 |
| 1950s | 5,956 | #297 (1954) | #364 |
| 1960s | 11,758 | #231 (1960) | #256 |
| 1970s | 6,067 | #281 (1970) | #379 |
| 1980s | 4,452 | #401 (1983) | #489 |
| 1990s | 2,084 | #659 (1990) | #1,008 |
| 2000s | 812 | #1,674 (2000) | #2,364 |
| 2010s | 422 | #2,935 (2012) | #3,766 |
| 2020s | 140 | #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 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 1,367 of them was named Janine, which outranked 96.9% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 356,692 of them was named Janine, which outranked 13.0% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #3,948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.