Janita
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
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
| Decade | girls named Janita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 29 | |
| 1930s | 77 | |
| 1940s | 135 | |
| 1950s | 207 | |
| 1960s | 322 | |
| 1970s | 245 | |
| 1980s | 356 | |
| 1990s | 227 | |
| 2000s | 116 | |
| 2010s | 82 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
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.
- Jenicepeak 1961
- Janellpeak 1979
- Priscellapeak 1980
- Liannepeak 1986
- Janesepeak 1961
- Davidapeak 1972
- Sherrellpeak 1989
- Jenellpeak 1981
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.