Janita — #11140 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,831 babies named Janita between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janita currently holds the #11140 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Janita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Janita in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janita 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 1,831 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.