Girls' name · peaked in 2000
Janae name popularity since 1925
18,058 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Janae. Half of them were born in 1999 or earlier, so the typical Janae is about 27 years old in 2026. Janae peaked in 2000 as the #471 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,058
- Named Janae, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,687 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 18,052 girls · 6 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Janae made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Janae births per year, 1925–2025
2000 was the biggest year for Janae both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1985 and 1990, Janae became 2× more common, from 1 in 7,970 baby girls to 1 in 3,960.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 4,460 to 1 in 7,260.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Janae's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Janae.
Decade by decade
Babies named Janae in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 14 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 157 | 0 | #2,770 |
| 1960s | 372 | 0 | #1,872 |
| 1970s | 1,116 | 0 | #1,283 |
| 1980s | 2,841 | 6 | #780 |
| 1990s | 5,019 | 0 | #515 |
| 2000s | 4,675 | 0 | #617 |
| 2010s | 2,876 | 0 | #1,003 |
| 2020–25 | 976 | 0 | #1,687 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
41.0% of babies named Janae from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Janae is most popular
The index compares Janae's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Janae.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.02× | 524 |
| Maryland | 1.99× | 465 |
| Florida | 1.86× | 1,028 |
| Colorado | 1.73× | 326 |
| Washington | 1.58× | 404 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Janae and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Janae (this page) | 18,052 | 2000 |
| Janie | 60,062 | 1889 |
| Janee | 3,256 | 1989 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Janae's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Janae.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Janae (2000).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data