Jannie

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,175
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 142 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,829
since 1880

Jannie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jannie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #322, 1910girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024
2023
2022
2021#11,1468
2020#8,95311
2019#10,4739
2018#15,6825
2017#8,29913
2016#10,8599
2015#13,0067
2014#10,12910
2013#7,37216
2012#7,14417
2011#11,1819
2010#7,88015
2009#7,34117
2008#7,07318
2007#9,00713
2006#8,71513
2005#4,95826
2004#8,71612
2003#6,88516
2002#7,04515
2001#4,10730
2000#4,79124
1999#4,44525
1998#4,79622
1997#5,86816
1996#6,72313
1995#3,78028
1994#4,52122
1993#3,87727
1992#4,38223
1991#4,20824
1990#3,43631
1989#2,76940
1988#2,64640
1987#3,74323
1986#2,51239
1985#2,74934
1984#2,78132
1983#2,65933
1982#2,77033
1981#3,25326
1980#2,53737
1979#2,27342
1978#2,57233
1977#2,25740
1976#2,09941
1975#2,32135
1974#1,91345
1973#1,97941
1972#1,72451
1971#1,96643
1970#1,78150
1969#1,46564
1968#1,62550
1967#1,20977
1966#1,21378
1965#1,019105
1964#1,060105
1963#1,20183
1962#1,10497
1961#1,067105
1960#897137
1959#888137
1958#844146
1957#745178
1956#694190
1955#627220
1954#615218
1953#619205
1952#570229
1951#542241
1950#511253
1949#499264
1948#510258
1947#507266
1946#496246
1945#460241
1944#441265
1943#461257
1942#459261
1941#443239
1940#436243
1939#453216
1938#469203#3,1756
1937#461200
1936#484176
1935#451203
1934#429234
1933#426228
1932#432231
1931#465193
1930#455219
1929#432233
1928#446233#3,3577
1927#432256
1926#413271
1925#444240#4,1975
1924#414281
1923#431244
1922#436237
1921#451235
1920#425248#4,2865
1919#422237
1918#437230
1917#431220
1916#431213
1915#405216#3,8255
1914#434156
1913#418139
1912#419123
1911#371119
1910#322142
1909#340112
1908#38389
1907#324113
1906#39476
1905#339100
1904#37477
1903#38468
1902#34983
1901#39256
1900#331105
1899#39054
1898#35278
1897#35667
1896#37756
1895#36659
1894#35960
1893#40444
1892#38548
1891#48328
1890#35053
1889#41634
1888#36244
1887#45924
1886#33241
1885#42824
1884#41623
1883#45118
1882#41819
1881#5829
1880#35221
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jannie was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2022–2024, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jannie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 504 spots since 2020 (#8,953#9,457)
  • 3,549 spots since 2015 (#13,006#9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1882 (#582#418)
  • Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1881 (#352#582)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #322 (142 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 58 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,792
  • Highest: 1 in 2,792 girls born in 1910 were named Jannie (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 17.1% of all girls named Jannie (2,540) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s257#332 (1886)#422
1890s547#350 (1890)#382
1900s879#324 (1907)#361
1910s1,795#322 (1910)#409
1920s2,478#413 (1926)#432
1930s2,103#426 (1933)#453
1940s2,540#436 (1940)#471
1950s2,017#511 (1950)#666
1960s901#897 (1960)#1,186
1970s421#1,724 (1972)#2,089
1980s337#2,512 (1986)#2,842
1990s231#3,436 (1990)#4,604
2000s184#4,107 (2001)#6,864
2010s110#7,144 (2012)#10,203
2020s29#8,953 (2020)#9,852

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.

Jannie in 1928

girls
#446
233 births · 1 in 4,950 girls
boys
#3,357
7 births · 1 in 158,230 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #446Jannie233

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #3,357Jannie7
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 4,950 of them was named Jannie, which outranked 91.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jannie
  1. #443Greta235
  2. #443Sandra235
  3. #445Dorris234
  4. #446Jannie233
  5. #446Pansy233
  6. #446Zelda233
  7. #449Allene232
  8. #450Clare231
  9. #451George230

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

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 158,230 of them was named Jannie, which outranked 28.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jannie
  1. #3,076Willoughby8
  2. #3,076Woodard8
  3. #3,076York8
  4. #3,357Jannie7
  5. #3,357Abundio7
  6. #3,357Agostino7
  7. #3,357Aldean7
  8. #3,697Abb6
  9. #3,697Abbott6
  10. #3,697Abdon6

Tied with 339 names at #3,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928