Jayne
Jayne is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 65 births. Its best rank was 212th, in 1956.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 650.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19571,524 births
- Best rank
- #212in 1956
- Since 1895
- 29,046people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,046 girls have been named Jayne in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 1,524 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 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 34%. It has spent 64 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jayne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 31 | |
| 1910s | 875 | |
| 1920s | 1,711 | |
| 1930s | 1,309 | |
| 1940s | 3,957 | |
| 1950s | 9,801 | |
| 1960s | 5,871 | |
| 1970s | 1,350 | |
| 1980s | 1,312 | |
| 1990s | 998 | |
| 2000s | 736 | |
| 2010s | 771 | |
| 2020s | 319 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Jayne was the 216th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1957 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Debra and Karen. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Jayne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Doreenpeak 1956
- Bonnypeak 1958
- Merriepeak 1959
- Alfrediapeak 1958
- Mariannpeak 1957
- Luannepeak 1954
- Suzanpeak 1955
- Franpeak 1960
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.