Girls' name · peaked in 1889
Janie name popularity since 1925
60,321 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Janie. Half of them were born in 1953 or earlier, so the typical Janie is about 73 years old in 2026. Janie peaked in 1889 as the #148 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 60,321
- Named Janie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1889
- #148 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,329 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 60,062 girls · 259 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 4.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Janie 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.
Janie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Janie peaked earlier, in 1889.
- Fastest rise: Between 1941 and 1946, Janie became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 1,520 baby girls to 1 in 922.
- Steepest fall: Between 1963 and 1968, its share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 2,050 to 1 in 3,350.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Janie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Janie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Janie 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 | 3,550 | 20 | – |
| 1930s | 7,328 | 54 | #227 |
| 1940s | 13,119 | 51 | #159 |
| 1950s | 14,615 | 23 | #209 |
| 1960s | 7,532 | 44 | #365 |
| 1970s | 3,810 | 45 | #511 |
| 1980s | 3,079 | 22 | #626 |
| 1990s | 2,637 | 0 | #801 |
| 2000s | 2,062 | 0 | #1,056 |
| 2010s | 1,494 | 0 | #1,389 |
| 2020–25 | 836 | 0 | #1,329 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
43.6% of babies named Janie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Janie is most popular
The index compares Janie'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 Janie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 4.80× | 3,804 |
| Texas | 3.02× | 13,421 |
| Mississippi | 2.97× | 2,032 |
| Tennessee | 2.37× | 2,828 |
| North Carolina | 2.35× | 3,771 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Janie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janie (this page) | 60,062 | 1889 |
| Janae | 18,052 | 2000 |
| Jannie | 10,106 | 1910 |
| Janey | 4,735 | 1945 |
| Janee | 3,256 | 1989 |
| Jani | 1,659 | 1960 |
| Janney | 1,029 | 2013 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Janie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Janie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Janie (1889).
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