Girls' name · since 1988
Janki
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 265 babies named Janki, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,030 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,699 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 265
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janki is the #13699 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 265 recorded since 1988.
Janki has 265 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13699 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #17,030 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,699 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 265 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janki ranks #17,030 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,699 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 265 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,030 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,699 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 265
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Janki's 265 recorded births place it above 76.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Janki compares
265 42nd percentile among 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
Janki's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janki | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 265 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janki's full recorded timeline at 1999, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janki popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Janki by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (164 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Janki's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Janki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
164 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 164 births (62% of all-time use).
Janki by state
Where Janki concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 30 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 11 | 4.2% |
30 of 265 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Janki's data
- Janki's decade-level peak was the 1990s (164 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Jankis (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Janki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Janki 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.