Janeth — #2692 US girls' name
4,760 babies named Janeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Janeth was born in this single decade.
175 babies were named Janeth in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janeth
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,760 babies named Janeth between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janeth currently holds the #2692 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 175 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janeth performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,513 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Janeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,354 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Janeth in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janeth 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 4,760 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.
Janeth at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Janeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2003)
- 175
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #2692 among girls.
4,760 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 175 births in a single year.
Janeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,513 births that decade — 32% of Janeth's all-time total
Janeth decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,513 births
- Runner-up 990 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Janeth's strongest decade
1,513 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Janeth by state
Where Janeth concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,354 | 28.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 911 | 19.1% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 162 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 103 | 2.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 75 | 1.6% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 47 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 40 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 39 | 0.8% |
1,354 of 4,760 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.4% of nationwide
- Texas 19.1% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Janeth appears in 13 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, 1915–2024 (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.