Names/J

Janita

girls’ nameSteadyCompare

Janita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
80.00% of girls
Peak year
196357 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1915
1,831people given the name
Babies named Janita, by year of birthgirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,831 girls have been named Janita in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 57 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 1976, and the 1980s alone account for 19%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Janita
1910s6
1920s29
1930s77
1940s135
1950s207
1960s322
1970s245
1980s356
1990s227
2000s116
2010s82
2020s29

In 1963, its biggest year

Janita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1963 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1963.

Names that rose and fell with Janita

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.