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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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
1921
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 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedAKMaine: #239 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,467 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNHWashington: #235 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,192 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: #195 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,126 girlsMNIllinois: #309 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,035 girlsILWisconsin: #329 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,780 girlsWIMichigan: #241 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,454 girlsMINew York: #124 for girls · 243 births · 1 in 574 girlsNYMassachusetts: #143 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 778 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #275 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,721 girlsIAIndiana: #522 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,820 girlsINOhio: #260 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,622 girlsOHPennsylvania: #153 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 762 girlsPANew Jersey: #145 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 653 girlsNJConnecticut: #218 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,303 girlsCTCalifornia: #220 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 1,133 girlsCAUtah: #242 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,119 girlsUTColorado: #273 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,386 girlsCONebraska: #275 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,657 girlsNEMissouri: #294 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,971 girlsMOKentucky: #431 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,100 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedWVVirginia: #450 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,185 girlsVAMaryland: #293 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,983 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedDEArizona: #435 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,546 girlsAZNew Mexico: #326 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,617 girlsNMKansas: #312 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #594 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,567 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #245 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,324 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #411 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,601 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: #232 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 792 girlsHITexas: #895 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,216 girlsTXFlorida: #329 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,180 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#124 · 1 in 574
  2. Massachusetts#143 · 1 in 778
  3. New Jersey#145 · 1 in 653
  4. Pennsylvania#153 · 1 in 762
  5. Minnesota#195 · 1 in 1,126

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#1242431 in 574
Massachusetts#143561 in 778
New Jersey#145761 in 653
Pennsylvania#1531121 in 762
Minnesota#195251 in 1,126
Connecticut#218161 in 1,303
California#2201351 in 1,133
Hawaii#23261 in 792
Washington#235191 in 1,192
Maine#23951 in 1,467
Michigan#241491 in 1,454
Utah#24281 in 1,119
District of Columbia#24581 in 1,324
Ohio#260511 in 1,622
Colorado#273111 in 1,386
Iowa#275121 in 1,721
Nebraska#27561 in 1,657
Maryland#293131 in 1,983
Missouri#294171 in 1,971
Illinois#309421 in 2,035
Kansas#31271 in 1,932
New Mexico#32651 in 1,617
Florida#329191 in 2,180
Wisconsin#329121 in 2,780
Louisiana#411121 in 2,601
Kentucky#43161 in 4,100
Arizona#43551 in 2,546
Virginia#45081 in 4,185
Indiana#52271 in 5,820
North Carolina#59461 in 6,567
Texas#89591 in 10,216
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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 1967

girls
#259
1,056 births · 1 in 1,563 girls
boys
#3,559
6 births · 1 in 290,635 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #259Janine1,056

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #3,559Janine6
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 1,563 of them was named Janine, which outranked 96.7% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janine
  1. #256Lynne1,068
  2. #257Marla1,067
  3. #258Tonia1,061
  4. #259Janine1,056
  5. #259Vivian1,056
  6. #261Doreen1,050
  7. #262Antoinette1,032
  8. #263Adrienne1,030

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 290,635 of them was named Janine, which outranked 21.8% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janine
  1. #3,231Yuval7
  2. #3,231Yvon7
  3. #3,231Zak7
  4. #3,559Janine6
  5. #3,559Abran6
  6. #3,559Adams6
  7. #3,559Adriano6
  8. #3,966Aarron5
  9. #3,966Abdullah5
  10. #3,966Abelino5

Tied with 406 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967