Janit — girls' name
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.
The verdict
104 girls have been named Janit since 1939, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1970.
- 104
- total births
- 1939–1970
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Janit was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Janit in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janit
The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Janit between 1939 and 1970, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janit currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janit performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Janit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janit 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 104 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.
Janit at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1939
- Peak year (1950)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
104 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 10 births in a single year.
Janit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 59 births that decade — 57% of Janit's all-time total
Janit decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Janit's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1939–1970 (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.