Girls' name · since 1880
Janie
75,598 babies named Janie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #457 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75,598
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janie is the #1326 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 75,598 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Janie recorded 75,598 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #1326 nationally today, ahead of 92% of girls, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #457 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,326 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75,598 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janie ranks #457 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,326 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75,598 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #457 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75,598
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Janie's 75,598 recorded births place it above 99.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Janie compares
75,598 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Janie's all-time total is 201x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75,598 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,845 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 96 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 1,845 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1947)
- 1,845
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Janie popularity over time - boys
276 total births recorded since 1914 (Janie as boys' name)
Janie by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (14,615 births, 19% of the file).
1950s was Janie's strongest decade.
14,615 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Janie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,491
1880s
1,491 births
- 1890s 2,272
1890s
2,272 births
- 1900s 2,853
1900s
2,853 births
- 1910s 5,314
1910s
5,314 births
- 1920s
1920s
7,156 births
- 1930s
1930s
7,328 births
- 1940s
1940s
13,119 births
- 1950s
1950s
14,615 births
- 1960s
1960s
7,532 births
- 1970s 3,810
1970s
3,810 births
- 1980s 3,079
1980s
3,079 births
- 1990s 2,637
1990s
2,637 births
- 2000s 2,062
2000s
2,062 births
- 2010s 1,494
2010s
1,494 births
- 2020s 836
2020s
836 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 14,615 births (19% of all-time use).
How Janie 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 Janie's total volume
Janie by state
Where Janie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14,304 | 18.9% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 5,512 | 7.3% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 4,868 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 4,638 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 3,270 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 3,039 | 4.0% |
| #7 | California | | 2,938 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 2,553 | 3.4% |
14,304 of 75,598 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Janie appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Janie's data
- Janie's decade-level peak was the 1950s (14,615 total births); usage has since declined to 836 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Janies (14,304 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Janie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Janie 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.