Girls' name · peaked in 1945
Jane name popularity since 1925
316,699 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jane. Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Jane is about 75 years old in 2026. Jane peaked in 1945 as the #36 name for girls, and it ranked #221 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 316,699
- Named Jane, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #221
- for girls in 2025 (1,380 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 315,717 girls · 982 boys
- Most popular in
- Vermont
- 2.09× its national share
Peak year is the year Jane 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.
Jane births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Jane peaked in 1945.
- Steepest fall: Between 1966 and 1971, Jane's share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 527 to 1 in 1,280.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jane's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jane.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jane 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 | 22,981 | 114 | – |
| 1930s | 45,814 | 211 | #43 |
| 1940s | 72,537 | 227 | #36 |
| 1950s | 82,919 | 176 | #50 |
| 1960s | 43,340 | 115 | #95 |
| 1970s | 9,483 | 48 | #300 |
| 1980s | 7,439 | 64 | #335 |
| 1990s | 6,691 | 22 | #419 |
| 2000s | 7,123 | 5 | #472 |
| 2010s | 10,278 | 0 | #290 |
| 2020–25 | 7,112 | 0 | #221 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
47.1% of babies named Jane from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jane is most popular
The index compares Jane'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 Jane.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 2.09× | 1,109 |
| Massachusetts | 2.03× | 15,344 |
| Wisconsin | 2.01× | 12,551 |
| Rhode Island | 1.97× | 2,220 |
| Maine | 1.94× | 2,638 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jane's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jane.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jane (1945).
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