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.

Janey

#2,467 most common girls' name of all time · #4,192 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among girls
#2,467
Rank overall
#4,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
5,044
Since 2016
352
Peak year
1947 #845
Best rank
#795 1945
Girls Boys peak 108/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Janey first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 44 — 44 #3,464
2024 37 — 37 #3,971
2023 31 — 31 #4,460
2022 39 — 39 #3,832
2021 36 — 36 #4,021
2020 32 — 32 #4,273
2019 34 — 34 #4,171
2018 28 — 28 #4,773
2017 32 — 32 #4,392
2016 39 — 39 #3,855
2015 35 — 35 #4,153
2014 43 — 43 #3,588
2013 51 — 51 #3,170
2012 32 — 32 #4,494
2011 32 — 32 #4,472
2010 33 — 33 #4,403
2009 38 — 38 #4,018
2008 57 — 57 #3,020
2007 32 — 32 #4,572
2006 48 — 48 #3,370
2005 44 — 44 #3,408
2004 39 — 39 #3,694
2003 39 — 39 #3,595
2002 47 — 47 #3,071
2001 36 — 36 #3,637
2000 43 — 43 #3,172
1999 40 — 40 #3,193
1998 38 — 38 #3,228
1997 37 — 37 #3,168
1996 38 — 38 #3,095
1995 43 — 43 #2,794
1994 53 — 53 #2,414
1993 34 — 34 #3,298
1992 40 — 40 #2,922
1991 53 — 53 #2,389
1990 58 — 58 #2,205
1989 52 — 52 #2,281
1988 59 — 59 #2,012
1987 35 — 35 #2,789
1986 30 — 30 #3,068
1985 35 — 35 #2,711
1984 25 — 25 #3,341
1983 32 — 32 #2,728
1982 41 — 41 #2,377
1981 40 — 40 #2,416
1980 35 — 35 #2,655
1979 32 — 32 #2,731
1978 41 — 41 #2,244
1977 40 — 40 #2,267
1976 45 — 45 #1,974
1975 32 — 32 #2,466
1974 27 — 27 #2,698
1973 38 — 38 #2,097
1972 42 — 42 #1,950
1971 40 — 40 #2,070
1970 27 — 27 #2,654
1969 26 — 26 #2,596
1968 41 — 41 #1,858
1967 37 — 37 #1,929
1966 49 — 49 #1,606
1965 41 — 41 #1,771
1964 63 — 63 #1,423
1963 70 — 70 #1,321
1962 69 — 69 #1,334
1961 80 — 80 #1,236
1960 62 — 62 #1,401
1959 79 — 79 #1,206
1958 60 — 60 #1,365
1957 87 — 87 #1,130
1956 100 — 100 #1,024
1955 92 — 92 #1,053
1954 83 — 83 #1,078
1953 98 — 98 #959
1952 98 — 98 #937
1951 70 — 70 #1,111
1950 86 — 86 #979
1949 100 — 100 #883
1948 95 — 95 #893
1947 108 — 108 #845
1946 97 — 97 #840
1945 90 — 90 #795
1944 55 — 55 #1,054
1943 54 — 54 #1,093
1942 46 — 46 #1,175
1941 49 — 49 #1,046
1940 42 — 42 #1,120
1939 35 — 35 #1,246
1938 43 — 43 #1,099
1937 36 — 36 #1,208
1936 37 — 37 #1,170
1935 38 — 38 #1,144
1934 33 — 33 #1,242
1933 18 — 18 #1,859
1932 22 — 22 #1,650
1931 16 — 16 #2,048
1930 14 — 14 #2,330
1929 19 — 19 #1,911
1928 30 — 30 #1,441
1927 24 — 24 #1,736
1926 26 — 26 #1,638
1925 34 — 34 #1,391
1924 16 — 16 #2,332
1923 22 — 22 #1,855
1922 18 — 18 #2,128
1921 26 — 26 #1,682
1920 22 — 22 #1,837
1919 28 — 28 #1,500
1918 14 — 14 #2,409
1917 17 — 17 #2,034
1916 16 — 16 #2,070
1915 20 — 20 #1,696
1914 19 — 19 #1,508
1913 14 — 14 #1,627
1912 10 — 10 #1,883
1911 6 — 6 #2,246
1910 5 — 5 #2,470
1907 5 — 5 #2,131
1906 5 — 5 #2,014
1905 7 — 7 #1,596
1900 7 — 7 #1,619
1899 5 — 5 #1,668
1898 8 — 8 #1,322
1894 5 — 5 #1,566
1886 9 — 9 #825
1884 5 — 5 #1,141