Meaning not yet researched.
Janie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 168 in 2025. Its best rank was #134 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #134 in 1882; #1,329 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Janie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,329 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #134.
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Janie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 168 girls in 2025. Peak: #134 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 1,845 (1947).
In 2025, 168 US girls were named Janie, making it the 1,329th most common girls’ name of the year, up 208 places from #1,537 in 2024. That is 29 more than the 139 girls named Janie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #134, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,845, in 1947. For comparison, it was #1,389 in 2015 and #164 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Janie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 96 babies with the name. In all, 75,874 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 14,638 babies named Janie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,391 US girls were named Janie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 168. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,567 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Janie ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #720 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Janey (5,044 babies since 1880), Jannie (14,857 babies since 1880), Janiya (11,109 babies since 1880) and Janiah (4,598 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jani, Jaynie and Jaynee are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jani (1,743), Jaynie (1,157), Jaynee (852), Janyia (781), Janny (557), Jahni (261), Jahnia (256), Jayni (203), Janei (120), Jany (110), Jaynia (95), Janye (69), and more.
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.
No nicknames listed for Janie in the open dataset we use.
Janie is listed as a nickname for Jane.
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 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 10 | #720 | #1,000 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #831 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #843 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #888 | #1,518 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #938 | #1,022 |
| Texas | 26 | #1,076 | #801 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,108 | #1,163 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,175 | — |
| Florida | 11 | #1,278 | #1,724 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,303 | — |
| New York | 7 | #1,731 | — |
| California | 10 | #2,012 | #2,227 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | #1,329 | — | — |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,537 | — | — |
| 2023 | 138 | #1,545 | — | — |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,459 | — | — |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,633 | — | — |
| 2020 | 111 | #1,785 | — | — |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,533 | — | — |
| 2018 | 124 | #1,679 | — | — |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,639 | — | — |
| 2016 | 158 | #1,458 | — | — |
| 2015 | 170 | #1,389 | — | — |
| 2014 | 165 | #1,394 | — | — |
| 2013 | 148 | #1,499 | — | — |
| 2012 | 163 | #1,411 | — | — |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,581 | — | — |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,460 | — | — |
| 2009 | 203 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 2008 | 201 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 2007 | 170 | #1,403 | — | — |
| 2006 | 186 | #1,284 | — | — |
| 2005 | 226 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 2004 | 223 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 2003 | 195 | #1,126 | — | — |
| 2002 | 236 | #946 | — | — |
| 2001 | 214 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 2000 | 208 | #1,017 | — | — |
| 1999 | 207 | #992 | — | — |
| 1998 | 210 | #971 | — | — |
| 1997 | 238 | #859 | — | — |
| 1996 | 231 | #862 | — | — |
| 1995 | 248 | #801 | — | — |
| 1994 | 285 | #732 | — | — |
| 1993 | 270 | #763 | — | — |
| 1992 | 304 | #710 | — | — |
| 1991 | 321 | #673 | — | — |
| 1990 | 323 | #667 | — | — |
| 1989 | 294 | #690 | 5 | #8,438 |
| 1988 | 317 | #626 | — | — |
| 1987 | 268 | #690 | 7 | #5,741 |
| 1986 | 297 | #626 | — | — |
| 1985 | 299 | #626 | — | — |
| 1984 | 306 | #589 | — | — |
| 1983 | 309 | #580 | — | — |
| 1982 | 335 | #550 | 10 | #4,074 |
| 1981 | 338 | #552 | — | — |
| 1980 | 316 | #583 | — | — |
| 1979 | 330 | #558 | — | — |
| 1978 | 303 | #569 | — | — |
| 1977 | 353 | #521 | — | — |
| 1976 | 360 | #498 | 9 | #3,846 |
| 1975 | 351 | #511 | 6 | #5,077 |
| 1974 | 354 | #497 | 8 | #3,994 |
| 1973 | 389 | #468 | 5 | #5,430 |
| 1972 | 441 | #435 | 6 | #4,679 |
| 1971 | 454 | #454 | 5 | #5,250 |
| 1970 | 475 | #456 | 6 | #4,468 |
| 1969 | 498 | #432 | 6 | #4,144 |
| 1968 | 490 | #429 | — | — |
| 1967 | 554 | #390 | — | — |
| 1966 | 595 | #373 | 8 | #3,100 |
| 1965 | 620 | #365 | — | — |
| 1964 | 752 | #347 | 6 | #3,806 |
| 1963 | 940 | #301 | — | — |
| 1962 | 952 | #299 | 7 | #3,451 |
| 1961 | 1,049 | #284 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1960 | 1,082 | #274 | 11 | #2,604 |
| 1959 | 1,128 | #262 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,215 | #246 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,304 | #235 | 8 | #3,130 |
| 1956 | 1,410 | #215 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,483 | #209 | 5 | #4,114 |
| 1954 | 1,492 | #205 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,578 | #197 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1952 | 1,569 | #189 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1951 | 1,707 | #176 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,729 | #164 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1,737 | #165 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,579 | #176 | 8 | #2,887 |
| 1947 | 1,845 | #161 | 8 | #2,982 |
| 1946 | 1,704 | #158 | — | — |
| 1945 | 1,469 | #159 | 8 | #2,654 |
| 1944 | 1,163 | #186 | 6 | #3,276 |
| 1943 | 1,065 | #198 | — | — |
| 1942 | 949 | #212 | 13 | #2,093 |
| 1941 | 797 | #217 | — | — |
| 1940 | 811 | #213 | 8 | #2,759 |
| 1939 | 758 | #222 | — | — |
| 1938 | 778 | #218 | 7 | #3,015 |
| 1937 | 706 | #230 | 7 | #3,040 |
| 1936 | 754 | #216 | — | — |
| 1935 | 744 | #227 | 15 | #1,876 |
| 1934 | 771 | #223 | 9 | #2,655 |
| 1933 | 710 | #229 | 5 | #3,902 |
| 1932 | 704 | #229 | 6 | #3,560 |
| 1931 | 696 | #230 | 5 | #4,042 |
| 1930 | 707 | #229 | — | — |
| 1929 | 707 | #225 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1928 | 709 | #234 | 7 | #3,524 |
| 1927 | 729 | #240 | — | — |
| 1926 | 664 | #256 | — | — |
| 1925 | 741 | #242 | 5 | #4,556 |
| 1924 | 751 | #243 | 7 | #3,668 |
| 1923 | 699 | #246 | — | — |
| 1922 | 684 | #250 | — | — |
| 1921 | 708 | #250 | 5 | #4,653 |
| 1920 | 764 | #235 | — | — |
| 1919 | 751 | #226 | — | — |
| 1918 | 656 | #251 | — | — |
| 1917 | 634 | #246 | — | — |
| 1916 | 649 | #244 | — | — |
| 1915 | 571 | #247 | — | — |
| 1914 | 472 | #245 | 5 | #3,494 |
| 1913 | 471 | #219 | — | — |
| 1912 | 416 | #221 | — | — |
| 1911 | 317 | #224 | — | — |
| 1910 | 377 | #182 | — | — |
| 1909 | 301 | #193 | — | — |
| 1908 | 284 | #196 | — | — |
| 1907 | 295 | #185 | — | — |
| 1906 | 265 | #187 | — | — |
| 1905 | 306 | #171 | — | — |
| 1904 | 272 | #179 | — | — |
| 1903 | 260 | #179 | — | — |
| 1902 | 262 | #176 | — | — |
| 1901 | 278 | #163 | — | — |
| 1900 | 330 | #167 | — | — |
| 1899 | 224 | #186 | — | — |
| 1898 | 235 | #191 | — | — |
| 1897 | 247 | #174 | — | — |
| 1896 | 223 | #184 | — | — |
| 1895 | 220 | #180 | — | — |
| 1894 | 246 | #165 | — | — |
| 1893 | 211 | #175 | — | — |
| 1892 | 242 | #159 | — | — |
| 1891 | 204 | #164 | — | — |
| 1890 | 220 | #162 | — | — |
| 1889 | 226 | #148 | — | — |
| 1888 | 206 | #154 | — | — |
| 1887 | 155 | #158 | — | — |
| 1886 | 149 | #158 | — | — |
| 1885 | 155 | #147 | — | — |
| 1884 | 122 | #160 | — | — |
| 1883 | 135 | #144 | — | — |
| 1882 | 134 | #134 | — | — |
| 1881 | 113 | #139 | — | — |
| 1880 | 96 | #146 | — | — |
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).