Girls' name · since 1932
Janeane
Since 1932, U.S. Social Security records show 451 babies named Janeane, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 451
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
Janeane sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 451 recorded since 1932.
Janeane has 451 recorded births among girls since 1932, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1932 to 2001.
- #12,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 451 born since 1932
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeane ranks #12,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 451 born since 1932, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 451
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
Janeane's 451 recorded births place it above 82.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janeane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janeane's full recorded timeline at 1966, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janeane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–2001
- Peak year (1970)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Janeane by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (103 births, 23% of the file).
1960s was Janeane's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Janeane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
67 births
- 1950s
1950s
81 births
- 1960s
1960s
103 births
- 1970s
1970s
103 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 103 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Janeane's decade-level peak was the 1960s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janeane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1932–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Janeane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.