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.

Janet

#54 most common girls' name of all time · #114 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#54
Rank overall
#114 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
558,291
Since 2016
1,136
Peak year
1954 #19
Best rank
#16 1938
Girls Boys peak 18,507/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Janet 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 61 — 61 #2,781
2024 74 — 74 #2,435
2023 97 — 97 #2,020
2022 104 — 104 #1,918
2021 92 — 92 #2,073
2020 93 — 93 #2,005
2019 123 — 123 #1,700
2018 159 — 159 #1,406
2017 171 — 171 #1,354
2016 162 — 162 #1,425
2015 155 — 155 #1,477
2014 168 — 168 #1,376
2013 189 — 189 #1,260
2012 212 — 212 #1,158
2011 269 — 269 #952
2010 298 — 298 #889
2009 353 — 353 #804
2008 415 — 415 #717
2007 449 — 449 #658
2006 523 — 523 #561
2005 512 — 512 #562
2004 672 — 672 #452
2003 565 — 565 #507
2002 630 — 630 #456
2001 696 — 696 #412
2000 686 — 686 #412
1999 646 — 646 #429
1998 759 — 759 #372
1997 757 — 757 #365
1996 827 — 827 #338
1995 928 6 934 #299
1994 1,007 9 1,016 #277
1993 1,068 — 1,068 #259
1992 1,197 8 1,205 #230
1991 1,186 15 1,201 #236
1990 1,285 9 1,294 #223
1989 1,210 21 1,231 #227
1988 1,179 13 1,192 #220
1987 1,313 18 1,331 #204
1986 1,236 23 1,259 #214
1985 1,242 15 1,257 #207
1984 1,266 8 1,274 #207
1983 1,398 12 1,410 #190
1982 1,499 14 1,513 #182
1981 1,568 14 1,582 #176
1980 1,609 13 1,622 #172
1979 1,748 7 1,755 #160
1978 1,730 10 1,740 #159
1977 1,945 8 1,953 #147
1976 1,879 10 1,889 #142
1975 1,950 6 1,956 #139
1974 2,175 11 2,186 #130
1973 2,521 12 2,533 #119
1972 2,954 9 2,963 #111
1971 3,394 15 3,409 #112
1970 4,158 10 4,168 #96
1969 4,380 27 4,407 #84
1968 4,838 13 4,851 #73
1967 5,657 15 5,672 #61
1966 6,434 20 6,454 #57
1965 7,654 23 7,677 #55
1964 9,249 25 9,274 #48
1963 10,667 27 10,694 #40
1962 12,256 30 12,286 #35
1961 13,930 29 13,959 #32
1960 14,250 25 14,275 #32
1959 14,964 29 14,993 #28
1958 14,816 32 14,848 #28
1957 15,753 35 15,788 #23
1956 16,758 37 16,795 #21
1955 17,920 28 17,948 #20
1954 18,477 30 18,507 #19
1953 17,771 34 17,805 #19
1952 17,921 29 17,950 #19
1951 16,947 25 16,972 #19
1950 16,193 30 16,223 #18
1949 14,860 27 14,887 #23
1948 13,977 25 14,002 #24
1947 15,236 30 15,266 #23
1946 14,142 30 14,172 #21
1945 12,326 36 12,362 #20
1944 12,592 36 12,628 #21
1943 13,316 46 13,362 #20
1942 13,065 39 13,104 #19
1941 11,136 30 11,166 #18
1940 10,105 39 10,144 #19
1939 10,120 30 10,150 #17
1938 9,870 32 9,902 #16
1937 9,363 42 9,405 #18
1936 8,080 35 8,115 #21
1935 7,856 30 7,886 #22
1934 8,071 26 8,097 #21
1933 7,342 23 7,365 #25
1932 5,786 29 5,815 #35
1931 4,948 22 4,970 #45
1930 4,602 11 4,613 #53
1929 3,050 10 3,060 #82
1928 2,782 9 2,791 #95
1927 2,546 7 2,553 #111
1926 2,469 6 2,475 #110
1925 2,428 10 2,438 #111
1924 2,293 5 2,298 #118
1923 2,221 — 2,221 #121
1922 2,004 — 2,004 #129
1921 2,123 — 2,123 #124
1920 2,057 — 2,057 #124
1919 1,864 6 1,870 #126
1918 1,812 — 1,812 #129
1917 1,585 5 1,590 #136
1916 1,449 — 1,449 #142
1915 1,173 — 1,173 #158
1914 883 — 883 #163
1913 712 — 712 #162
1912 553 — 553 #177
1911 386 — 386 #186
1910 296 — 296 #217
1909 242 — 242 #232
1908 231 — 231 #226
1907 197 — 197 #237
1906 139 — 139 #283
1905 154 — 154 #263
1904 128 — 128 #278
1903 119 — 119 #289
1902 115 — 115 #294
1901 108 — 108 #288
1900 108 — 108 #326
1899 80 — 80 #336
1898 122 — 122 #277
1897 103 — 103 #280
1896 102 — 102 #290
1895 92 — 92 #302
1894 89 — 89 #293
1893 72 — 72 #318
1892 78 — 78 #308
1891 84 — 84 #269
1890 76 — 76 #287
1889 57 — 57 #325
1888 68 — 68 #284
1887 58 — 58 #281
1886 56 — 56 #278
1885 46 — 46 #294
1884 40 — 40 #308
1883 44 — 44 #271
1882 35 — 35 #297
1881 29 — 29 #293
1880 28 — 28 #299