Janann — girls' name
135 babies named Janann in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
135 girls have been named Janann since 1929, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1969.
- 135
- total births
- 1929–1969
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Janann was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Janann in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janann
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Janann between 1929 and 1969, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janann performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Janann shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janann in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 135 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Janann at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1929
- Peak year (1949)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
135 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 13 births in a single year.
Janann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 53 births that decade — 39% of Janann's all-time total
Janann decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Janann's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Janann by state
Where Janann concentrates geographically — total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Iowa | | 10 | 7.4% |
10 of 135 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Iowa 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Iowa accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1929–1969 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.