Boys' name · since 1994
Janzen
Janzen has 78 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,084 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
78 boys have been named Janzen since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janzen has been recorded 78 times among boys since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2019.
- #19,084 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 78 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janzen ranks #19,084 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,084 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Janzen's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janzen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janzen splits its recorded history at 1999: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janzen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2019
- Peak year (1996)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Janzen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (52 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Janzen's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Janzen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 52 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Janzen's data
- Janzen's decade-level peak was the 1990s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janzen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1994–2019 (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 Janzen 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.