Janee — girls' name
3,250 babies named Janee in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Janee was born in this single decade.
162 babies were named Janee in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janee
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,250 babies named Janee between 1946 and 2021, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 162 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janee performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,064 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Janee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 385 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Janee in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janee 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 3,250 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.
Janee at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1946
- Peak year (1989)
- 162
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
3,250 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 162 births in a single year.
Janee popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1989 (Janee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Janee accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Janee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,064 births that decade — 33% of Janee's all-time total
Janee decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,064 births
- Runner-up 876 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Janee's strongest decade
1,064 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Janee by state
Where Janee concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 385 | 11.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 231 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 90 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 84 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 81 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 80 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 63 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 58 | 1.8% |
385 of 3,250 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.8% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.8% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Janee appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1946–2021 (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.