Meaning not yet researched.
Janet: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 61 in 2025. Its best rank was #16 in 1938.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #16 in 1938; #2,791 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Janet in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,791 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1938, at #16.
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Janet: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 61 girls in 2025. Peak: #16 in 1938 · most girls in one year: 18,477 (1954).
In 2025, 61 US girls were named Janet, making it the 2,791st most common girls’ name of the year, down 343 places from #2,448 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 74 girls named Janet in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #16, reached in 1938. The most girls given the name in a single year was 18,477, in 1954. For comparison, it was #1,481 in 2015 and #18 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Janet in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 28 babies with the name. In all, 558,291 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 167,829 babies named Janet.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,136 US girls were named Janet; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 171. In 2025 that was about 1 in 26,349 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Janet ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #2,229 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Juanita (208,675 babies since 1880), Jeanette (163,977 babies since 1880), Jeannette (69,300 babies since 1880) and Janette (32,214 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jannett, Janith and Janneth are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jan and Jessie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jannett (1,026), Janith (631), Janneth (440), Jennet (166), Janat (149), Janyth (122), Janit (104), Janete (81), Jonet (78), Jannete (58), Janath (11), Janaat (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Janet is listed as a nickname for Jeanette, Jessie.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 5 | #2,229 | #1,323 |
| California | 8 | #2,371 | #940 |
| Texas | 6 | #3,081 | #1,659 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,791 | — | — |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,448 | — | — |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,027 | — | — |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,923 | — | — |
| 2021 | 92 | #2,078 | — | — |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,011 | — | — |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,704 | — | — |
| 2018 | 159 | #1,408 | — | — |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,358 | — | — |
| 2016 | 162 | #1,427 | — | — |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,481 | — | — |
| 2014 | 168 | #1,378 | — | — |
| 2013 | 189 | #1,261 | — | — |
| 2012 | 212 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 2011 | 269 | #953 | — | — |
| 2010 | 298 | #890 | — | — |
| 2009 | 353 | #805 | — | — |
| 2008 | 415 | #718 | — | — |
| 2007 | 449 | #660 | — | — |
| 2006 | 523 | #562 | — | — |
| 2005 | 512 | #562 | — | — |
| 2004 | 672 | #452 | — | — |
| 2003 | 565 | #508 | — | — |
| 2002 | 630 | #457 | — | — |
| 2001 | 696 | #412 | — | — |
| 2000 | 686 | #412 | — | — |
| 1999 | 646 | #430 | — | — |
| 1998 | 759 | #373 | — | — |
| 1997 | 757 | #365 | — | — |
| 1996 | 827 | #338 | — | — |
| 1995 | 928 | #298 | 6 | #8,243 |
| 1994 | 1,007 | #277 | 9 | #6,054 |
| 1993 | 1,068 | #259 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1,197 | #230 | 8 | #6,358 |
| 1991 | 1,186 | #236 | 15 | #3,898 |
| 1990 | 1,285 | #223 | 9 | #5,559 |
| 1989 | 1,210 | #227 | 21 | #2,942 |
| 1988 | 1,179 | #220 | 13 | #3,782 |
| 1987 | 1,313 | #204 | 18 | #2,885 |
| 1986 | 1,236 | #214 | 23 | #2,386 |
| 1985 | 1,242 | #207 | 15 | #3,131 |
| 1984 | 1,266 | #207 | 8 | #4,732 |
| 1983 | 1,398 | #190 | 12 | #3,505 |
| 1982 | 1,499 | #182 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1981 | 1,568 | #176 | 14 | #3,113 |
| 1980 | 1,609 | #172 | 13 | #3,334 |
| 1979 | 1,748 | #160 | 7 | #5,065 |
| 1978 | 1,730 | #159 | 10 | #3,708 |
| 1977 | 1,945 | #147 | 8 | #4,353 |
| 1976 | 1,879 | #142 | 10 | #3,590 |
| 1975 | 1,950 | #139 | 6 | #5,075 |
| 1974 | 2,175 | #130 | 11 | #3,215 |
| 1973 | 2,521 | #119 | 12 | #2,926 |
| 1972 | 2,954 | #111 | 9 | #3,465 |
| 1971 | 3,394 | #112 | 15 | #2,499 |
| 1970 | 4,158 | #96 | 10 | #3,161 |
| 1969 | 4,380 | #84 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1968 | 4,838 | #73 | 13 | #2,384 |
| 1967 | 5,657 | #61 | 15 | #2,078 |
| 1966 | 6,434 | #57 | 20 | #1,737 |
| 1965 | 7,654 | #55 | 23 | #1,645 |
| 1964 | 9,249 | #48 | 25 | #1,596 |
| 1963 | 10,667 | #40 | 27 | #1,523 |
| 1962 | 12,256 | #35 | 30 | #1,441 |
| 1961 | 13,930 | #32 | 29 | #1,505 |
| 1960 | 14,250 | #32 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1959 | 14,964 | #28 | 29 | #1,479 |
| 1958 | 14,816 | #28 | 32 | #1,384 |
| 1957 | 15,753 | #23 | 35 | #1,331 |
| 1956 | 16,758 | #21 | 37 | #1,271 |
| 1955 | 17,920 | #20 | 28 | #1,471 |
| 1954 | 18,477 | #19 | 30 | #1,396 |
| 1953 | 17,771 | #19 | 34 | #1,296 |
| 1952 | 17,921 | #19 | 29 | #1,420 |
| 1951 | 16,947 | #19 | 25 | #1,503 |
| 1950 | 16,193 | #18 | 30 | #1,328 |
| 1949 | 14,860 | #23 | 27 | #1,419 |
| 1948 | 13,977 | #24 | 25 | #1,474 |
| 1947 | 15,236 | #23 | 30 | #1,348 |
| 1946 | 14,142 | #21 | 30 | #1,287 |
| 1945 | 12,326 | #20 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1944 | 12,592 | #21 | 36 | #1,116 |
| 1943 | 13,316 | #20 | 46 | #989 |
| 1942 | 13,065 | #19 | 39 | #1,099 |
| 1941 | 11,136 | #18 | 30 | #1,220 |
| 1940 | 10,105 | #19 | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1939 | 10,120 | #17 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 1938 | 9,870 | #16 | 32 | #1,157 |
| 1937 | 9,363 | #18 | 42 | #974 |
| 1936 | 8,080 | #21 | 35 | #1,109 |
| 1935 | 7,856 | #22 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1934 | 8,071 | #21 | 26 | #1,341 |
| 1933 | 7,342 | #25 | 23 | #1,429 |
| 1932 | 5,786 | #35 | 29 | #1,276 |
| 1931 | 4,948 | #45 | 22 | #1,514 |
| 1930 | 4,602 | #53 | 11 | #2,524 |
| 1929 | 3,050 | #82 | 10 | #2,682 |
| 1928 | 2,782 | #95 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1927 | 2,546 | #111 | 7 | #3,628 |
| 1926 | 2,469 | #110 | 6 | #3,943 |
| 1925 | 2,428 | #111 | 10 | #2,845 |
| 1924 | 2,293 | #118 | 5 | #4,657 |
| 1923 | 2,221 | #121 | — | — |
| 1922 | 2,004 | #129 | — | — |
| 1921 | 2,123 | #124 | — | — |
| 1920 | 2,057 | #124 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,864 | #126 | 6 | #3,938 |
| 1918 | 1,812 | #129 | — | — |
| 1917 | 1,585 | #136 | 5 | #4,266 |
| 1916 | 1,449 | #142 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,173 | #158 | — | — |
| 1914 | 883 | #163 | — | — |
| 1913 | 712 | #162 | — | — |
| 1912 | 553 | #177 | — | — |
| 1911 | 386 | #186 | — | — |
| 1910 | 296 | #217 | — | — |
| 1909 | 242 | #232 | — | — |
| 1908 | 231 | #226 | — | — |
| 1907 | 197 | #238 | — | — |
| 1906 | 139 | #282 | — | — |
| 1905 | 154 | #263 | — | — |
| 1904 | 128 | #278 | — | — |
| 1903 | 119 | #289 | — | — |
| 1902 | 115 | #294 | — | — |
| 1901 | 108 | #288 | — | — |
| 1900 | 108 | #326 | — | — |
| 1899 | 80 | #337 | — | — |
| 1898 | 122 | #277 | — | — |
| 1897 | 103 | #279 | — | — |
| 1896 | 102 | #290 | — | — |
| 1895 | 92 | #302 | — | — |
| 1894 | 89 | #293 | — | — |
| 1893 | 72 | #318 | — | — |
| 1892 | 78 | #308 | — | — |
| 1891 | 84 | #269 | — | — |
| 1890 | 76 | #287 | — | — |
| 1889 | 57 | #327 | — | — |
| 1888 | 68 | #284 | — | — |
| 1887 | 58 | #281 | — | — |
| 1886 | 56 | #278 | — | — |
| 1885 | 46 | #294 | — | — |
| 1884 | 40 | #308 | — | — |
| 1883 | 44 | #272 | — | — |
| 1882 | 35 | #297 | — | — |
| 1881 | 29 | #294 | — | — |
| 1880 | 28 | #299 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).