Girls' name · since 1939
Janit
104 babies named Janit in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1939
- 1950s
- peak decade
Janit is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 104 have been recorded since 1939.
Janit has 104 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1970.
- #26,688 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 104 born since 1939
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janit ranks #26,688 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1939, peaking in the 1950s.
- #26,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1939
- 1950s
- peak decade
Janit's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janit's SSA record in two at 1952 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1950 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1970
- Peak year (1950)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Janit by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (59 births, 57% of the file).
1950s was Janit's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Janit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s
1950s
59 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 59 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Janit's decade-level peak was the 1950s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1939–1970 (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 Janit 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.