Janthony — boys' name
162 babies named Janthony in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Janthony was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Janthony in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janthony
The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Janthony between 1980 and 2021, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Janthony currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janthony performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Janthony shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janthony in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janthony 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 162 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.
Janthony at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janthony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1980
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
162 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 13 births in a single year.
Janthony by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 83 births that decade — 51% of Janthony's all-time total
Janthony decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Janthony's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Janthony by state
Where Janthony concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 3.7% |
6 of 162 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1980–2021 (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.