Girls' name · since 1938
Janeann
Since 1938, U.S. Social Security records show 134 babies named Janeann, peaking in 1963. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,954 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Janeann sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 134 recorded since 1938.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeann has been recorded 134 times among girls since 1938, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1969.
- #23,954 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 1938
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeann ranks #23,954 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1938, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,954 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Janeann's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janeann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janeann's full recorded timeline at 1956, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janeann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1969
- Peak year (1963)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1969.
134 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 16 births in a single year.
Janeann by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (64 births, 48% of the file).
1960s was Janeann's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Janeann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1960s
1960s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 64 births (48% of all-time use).
Janeann decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janeann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~31 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, 1938–1969 (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 Janeann 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.
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