Janie
Janie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 138 births. Its best rank was 134th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1380.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19471,845 births
- Best rank
- #134in 1882
- Since 1880
- 75,428people given the name
The story in the numbers
75,428 girls have been named Janie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 1,845 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 121 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,491 | |
| 1890s | 2,272 | |
| 1900s | 2,853 | |
| 1910s | 5,314 | |
| 1920s | 7,156 | |
| 1930s | 7,328 | |
| 1940s | 13,119 | |
| 1950s | 14,615 | |
| 1960s | 7,532 | |
| 1970s | 3,810 | |
| 1980s | 3,079 | |
| 1990s | 2,637 | |
| 2000s | 2,062 | |
| 2010s | 1,494 | |
| 2020s | 666 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Janie was the 161st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1947 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Janie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ellenpeak 1951
- Drucillapeak 1949
- Kittypeak 1947
- Nanpeak 1947
- Marthapeak 1947
- Marypeak 1921
- Pattiepeak 1958
- Drusillapeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
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.