Janifer — girls' name
326 babies named Janifer in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Janifer was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Janifer in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janifer
The Social Security Administration has registered 326 babies named Janifer between 1942 and 1999, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janifer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janifer performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Janifer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janifer 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 326 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.
Janifer at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janifer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1942
- Peak year (1964)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
326 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 14 births in a single year.
Janifer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 79 births that decade — 24% of Janifer's all-time total
Janifer decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Janifer's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1942–1999 (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.