Girls' name · since 1953
Janeanne
27 babies named Janeanne in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Janeanne since 1953, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Janeanne has 27 recorded births among girls since 1953, 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 1953 to 1966.
- #42,234 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeanne ranks #42,234 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #42,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Janeanne's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janeanne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janeanne's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janeanne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1966
- Peak year (1961)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Janeanne by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (22 births, 81% of the file).
1960s was Janeanne's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Janeanne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 22 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janeanne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1953–1966 (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 Janeanne 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.