Janine
Janine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 231st, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19601,381 births
- Best rank
- #231in 1960
- Since 1914
- 33,488people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,488 girls have been named Janine in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 1,381 births.
The name has all but left use: 20 births in 2024, against 1,381 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 35%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | |
| 1920s | 56 | |
| 1930s | 371 | |
| 1940s | 1,368 | |
| 1950s | 5,956 | |
| 1960s | 11,759 | |
| 1970s | 6,067 | |
| 1980s | 4,452 | |
| 1990s | 2,084 | |
| 2000s | 812 | |
| 2010s | 422 | |
| 2020s | 119 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Janine was the 231st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1960 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Janine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deirdrepeak 1961
- Carlapeak 1962
- Reneepeak 1962
- Terisapeak 1968
- Lanettepeak 1964
- Valariepeak 1964
- Tonettepeak 1967
- Dierdrepeak 1961
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.