Boys' name · since 2005
Janier
35 babies named Janier in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,702 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,371 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janier is the #11371 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 35 recorded since 2005.
Janier has 35 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11371 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #24,702 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,371 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 35 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janier ranks #24,702 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,371 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 35 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,702 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,371 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Janier's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Janier compares
35 13th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Janier's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janier | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Janier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janier's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janier popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Janier by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Janier's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Janier births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (49% of all-time use).
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Janier 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.