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Janese

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Janese is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196135 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1935
1,111people given the name
Babies named Janese, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,111 girls have been named Janese in the United States since 1935, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 35 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 35 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1980s alone account for 18%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Janese
1930s6
1940s46
1950s166
1960s190
1970s161
1980s199
1990s168
2000s117
2010s58

In 1961, its biggest year

Janese was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.

Names that rose and fell with Janese

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.