Girls' name · since 1915
Janita
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 1,837 babies named Janita, peaking in 1963. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #4,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,309 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,837
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
Janita currently ranks #13309 among girls' names in America, with 1,837 babies recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janita has been recorded 1,837 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #13309 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #4,977 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,309 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,837 born since 1915
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janita ranks #4,977 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,309 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,837 born since 1915, peaking in the 1980s.
- #4,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,309 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,837
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
Janita's 1,837 recorded births place it above 93.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Janita compares
1,837 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Janita's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janita | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,837 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janita's SSA record in two at 1974 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 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 57, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Janita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (356 births, 19% of the file).
1980s was Janita's strongest decade.
356 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Janita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 29
1920s
29 births
- 1930s 77
1930s
77 births
- 1940s 135
1940s
135 births
- 1950s
1950s
207 births
- 1960s
1960s
322 births
- 1970s
1970s
245 births
- 1980s
1980s
356 births
- 1990s
1990s
227 births
- 2000s 116
2000s
116 births
- 2010s 82
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 356 births (19% of all-time use).
How Janita compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Janita's total volume
Janita by state
Where Janita concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 40 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 13 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #7 | California | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
40 of 1,837 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Janita's data
- Janita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (356 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Janitas (40 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Janita 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.