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Janina

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Janina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
150.00% of girls
Peak year
198077 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1911
2,918people given the name
Babies named Janina, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,918 girls have been named Janina in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 77 births.

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 1980, and the 1980s alone account for 20%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Janina
1910s211
1920s154
1930s31
1940s112
1950s205
1960s328
1970s392
1980s571
1990s382
2000s269
2010s162
2020s101

In 1980, its biggest year

Janina was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.

Names that rose and fell with Janina

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.