Janeen — girls' name
6,544 babies named Janeen in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Janeen was born in this single decade.
272 babies were named Janeen in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janeen
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,544 babies named Janeen between 1930 and 2020, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janeen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 272 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janeen performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Janeen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 847 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Janeen in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janeen 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 6,544 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.
Janeen at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janeen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1930
- Peak year (1970)
- 272
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
6,544 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 272 births in a single year.
Janeen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 1,640 births that decade — 25% of Janeen's all-time total
Janeen decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,640 births
- Runner-up 1,595 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Janeen's strongest decade
1,640 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Janeen by state
Where Janeen concentrates geographically — total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 847 | 12.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 541 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 392 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 381 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 314 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 308 | 4.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 195 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 145 | 2.2% |
847 of 6,544 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.9% of nationwide
- New York 8.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Janeen appears in 27 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, 1930–2020 (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.