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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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.

Where Jannie is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #356 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,006 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #351 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,370 girlsARTennessee: #240 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,580 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #244 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #84 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 315 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #287 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,764 girlsLAMississippi: #216 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,104 girlsMSAlabama: #236 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,497 girlsALGeorgia: #235 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,516 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedHITexas: #440 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,133 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jannie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#84 · 1 in 315
  2. Mississippi#216 · 1 in 1,104
  3. Georgia#235 · 1 in 1,516
  4. Alabama#236 · 1 in 1,497
  5. Tennessee#240 · 1 in 1,580

Best ever in a state: #67 in South Carolina, 1947.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#84631 in 315
Mississippi#216201 in 1,104
Georgia#235201 in 1,516
Alabama#236201 in 1,497
Tennessee#240171 in 1,580
North Carolina#244201 in 1,773
Louisiana#287121 in 1,764
Arkansas#35181 in 2,370
Virginia#35661 in 4,006
Texas#440191 in 3,133
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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 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 1930

girls
#455
219 births · 1 in 5,141 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #455Jannie219
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 5,141 of them was named Jannie, which outranked 91.3% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jannie
  1. #451Valerie222
  2. #453Dawn221
  3. #453Winona221
  4. #455Jannie219
  5. #455Bonita219
  6. #455Elena219
  7. #458Leatrice215
  8. #459Hester214
  9. #459Lorena214

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

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930