Girls' name · since 1915
Janeth
Janeth has 4,792 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,649 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,792
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janeth currently ranks #4370 among girls' names in America, with 4,792 babies recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeth has been recorded 4,792 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #4370 nationally and more common than 75% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #2,649 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,370 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,792 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeth ranks #2,649 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,370 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,792 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,649 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,792
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janeth's 4,792 recorded births place it above 96.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Janeth compares
4,792 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Janeth's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janeth | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,792 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 175 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janeth's full recorded timeline at 1972, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 175 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 175
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Janeth by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,513 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Janeth's strongest decade.
1,513 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Janeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s 113
1920s
113 births
- 1930s 141
1930s
141 births
- 1940s 235
1940s
235 births
- 1950s 157
1950s
157 births
- 1960s 93
1960s
93 births
- 1970s 109
1970s
109 births
- 1980s 285
1980s
285 births
- 1990s
1990s
990 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,513 births
- 2010s
2010s
816 births
- 2020s 317
2020s
317 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,513 births (32% of all-time use).
How Janeth compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Janeth's total volume
Janeth by state
Where Janeth concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,366 | 28.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 911 | 19.0% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 162 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 103 | 2.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 75 | 1.6% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 47 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 40 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 39 | 0.8% |
1,366 of 4,792 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Janeth appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Janeth's data
- Janeth's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,513 total births); usage has since declined to 317 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Janeths (1,366 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Janeth 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.