Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jane

#97 most common girls' name of all time · #189 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#97
Rank overall
#189 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
381,009
Since 2016
11,726
Peak year
1947 #36
Best rank
#35 1946
Girls Boys peak 9,961/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Jane is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,380 1,380 #221
2024 1,186 1,186 #269
2023 1,116 1,116 #281
2022 1,089 1,089 #290
2021 1,172 1,172 #266
2020 1,169 1,169 #263
2019 1,189 1,189 #277
2018 1,133 1,133 #290
2017 1,157 1,157 #282
2016 1,135 1,135 #279
2015 1,112 1,112 #290
2014 1,026 1,026 #322
2013 898 898 #357
2012 927 927 #343
2011 868 868 #367
2010 833 833 #385
2009 831 831 #386
2008 826 826 #389
2007 775 775 #424
2006 665 665 #477
2005 651 651 #472
2004 657 657 #459
2003 704 5 709 #427
2002 696 696 #417
2001 671 671 #423
2000 647 647 #437
1999 618 618 #438
1998 638 638 #415
1997 648 648 #404
1996 639 639 #407
1995 618 618 #418
1994 706 706 #369
1993 691 691 #368
1992 652 5 657 #395
1991 708 9 717 #363
1990 773 8 781 #346
1989 779 8 787 #325
1988 723 7 730 #340
1987 668 6 674 #357
1986 669 10 679 #356
1985 709 9 718 #335
1984 725 6 731 #323
1983 784 6 790 #298
1982 845 5 850 #290
1981 762 7 769 #314
1980 775 775 #312
1979 720 5 725 #326
1978 699 699 #328
1977 744 8 752 #318
1976 697 5 702 #320
1975 782 5 787 #300
1974 827 8 835 #288
1973 957 5 962 #260
1972 1,160 6 1,166 #238
1971 1,296 6 1,302 #232
1970 1,601 1,601 #202
1969 1,880 5 1,885 #170
1968 2,192 8 2,200 #146
1967 2,729 10 2,739 #127
1966 3,213 8 3,221 #111
1965 3,927 16 3,943 #95
1964 4,567 7 4,574 #93
1963 5,767 11 5,778 #75
1962 6,114 12 6,126 #73
1961 6,365 19 6,384 #72
1960 6,586 19 6,605 #67
1959 6,864 16 6,880 #67
1958 7,199 21 7,220 #61
1957 7,788 17 7,805 #56
1956 8,241 10 8,251 #50
1955 8,343 17 8,360 #50
1954 8,343 18 8,361 #49
1953 8,913 21 8,934 #43
1952 9,322 16 9,338 #42
1951 8,942 20 8,962 #43
1950 8,964 20 8,984 #39
1949 8,719 19 8,738 #41
1948 8,781 20 8,801 #39
1947 9,943 18 9,961 #36
1946 8,971 36 9,007 #35
1945 7,639 17 7,656 #36
1944 6,564 19 6,583 #41
1943 6,032 20 6,052 #44
1942 5,707 24 5,731 #46
1941 5,090 25 5,115 #46
1940 5,091 29 5,120 #47
1939 4,771 25 4,796 #46
1938 4,786 26 4,812 #44
1937 4,702 21 4,723 #42
1936 4,719 26 4,745 #42
1935 4,646 18 4,664 #43
1934 4,358 18 4,376 #48
1933 4,377 18 4,395 #47
1932 4,348 18 4,366 #49
1931 4,532 20 4,552 #50
1930 4,575 21 4,596 #55
1929 4,353 20 4,373 #62
1928 4,411 21 4,432 #62
1927 4,695 27 4,722 #60
1926 4,641 22 4,663 #56
1925 4,881 24 4,905 #53
1924 5,104 17 5,121 #53
1923 4,917 11 4,928 #55
1922 4,805 18 4,823 #55
1921 5,188 12 5,200 #47
1920 5,054 9 5,063 #48
1919 4,527 17 4,544 #53
1918 4,730 10 4,740 #53
1917 4,258 13 4,271 #55
1916 3,826 6 3,832 #62
1915 3,264 15 3,279 #69
1914 2,340 2,340 #71
1913 1,759 7 1,766 #81
1912 1,390 1,390 #89
1911 937 937 #98
1910 709 6 715 #116
1909 626 626 #116
1908 531 5 536 #131
1907 526 5 531 #124
1906 438 438 #140
1905 393 393 #151
1904 395 395 #142
1903 381 381 #143
1902 388 388 #142
1901 325 325 #150
1900 495 495 #128
1899 382 382 #128
1898 406 406 #130
1897 396 396 #125
1896 413 413 #115
1895 394 394 #119
1894 390 390 #120
1893 354 354 #123
1892 396 396 #113
1891 379 379 #102
1890 372 372 #108
1889 374 374 #103
1888 446 446 #92
1887 288 288 #107
1886 306 306 #105
1885 330 330 #91
1884 295 295 #98
1883 247 247 #102
1882 254 254 #101
1881 216 216 #99
1880 215 215 #98