Janae
Janae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 158 births. Its best rank was 464th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1580.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2000589 births
- Best rank
- #464in 1994
- Since 1939
- 17,928people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,928 girls have been named Janae in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 589 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 28%. It has spent 39 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janae | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 14 | |
| 1950s | 157 | |
| 1960s | 372 | |
| 1970s | 1,116 | |
| 1980s | 2,841 | |
| 1990s | 5,019 | |
| 2000s | 4,675 | |
| 2010s | 2,875 | |
| 2020s | 853 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Janae was the 471st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Janae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Erynpeak 2000
- Jaymeepeak 1992
- Stefanypeak 2002
- Amritapeak 1999
- Carinapeak 1995
- Christiannapeak 2000
- Karahpeak 2000
- Radhikapeak 2000
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.