Janey — #3955 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janey

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,999 babies named Janey between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janey currently holds the #3955 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 108 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 853 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Janey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 462 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Janey in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janey 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 4,999 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.