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.

Jani

#4,893 most common girls' name of all time · #8,297 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1943–2025

Rank among girls
#4,893
Rank overall
#8,297 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
1,743
Since 2016
126
Peak year
1960 #1,310
Best rank
#1,310 1960
Girls Boys peak 71/yr
1960198020002020

Jani first appears in 1943. 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 14 14 #7,562
2024 15 15 #7,331
2022 14 14 #7,695
2021 18 18 #6,472
2020 10 10 #9,671
2019 10 5 15 #9,864
2018 6 6 #14,033
2017 10 10 #10,065
2016 24 24 #5,491
2015 5 5 #16,741
2014 11 11 #9,608
2013 9 9 #11,141
2012 14 14 #8,280
2011 13 7 20 #8,711
2010 17 17 #7,279
2009 21 5 26 #6,357
2008 20 6 26 #6,610
2007 23 23 #5,928
2006 29 29 #4,833
2005 17 6 23 #6,876
2004 27 10 37 #4,844
2003 25 9 34 #4,975
2002 23 6 29 #5,112
2001 20 11 31 #5,625
2000 18 18 #6,001
1999 14 6 20 #6,924
1998 14 6 20 #6,796
1997 22 7 29 #4,694
1996 18 18 #5,340
1995 19 19 #5,064
1994 14 14 #6,408
1993 23 23 #4,426
1992 18 18 #5,335
1991 24 24 #4,255
1990 14 14 #6,224
1989 18 18 #4,904
1988 11 11 #6,792
1987 10 10 #6,941
1986 8 8 #7,936
1985 17 17 #4,523
1984 12 12 #5,656
1983 10 10 #6,365
1982 14 14 #5,032
1981 18 18 #4,219
1980 16 16 #4,603
1979 25 25 #3,283
1978 23 23 #3,323
1977 23 23 #3,319
1976 14 14 #4,463
1975 12 12 #4,963
1974 10 10 #5,534
1973 28 28 #2,600
1972 21 21 #3,124
1971 24 24 #2,917
1970 27 27 #2,678
1969 23 23 #2,814
1968 18 18 #3,133
1967 27 27 #2,357
1966 24 24 #2,504
1965 29 29 #2,232
1964 36 36 #1,999
1963 43 43 #1,781
1962 54 54 #1,536
1961 45 45 #1,716
1960 71 71 #1,310
1959 40 40 #1,761
1958 43 43 #1,653
1957 42 42 #1,676
1956 54 54 #1,452
1955 33 33 #1,871
1954 29 29 #1,982
1953 19 19 #2,505
1952 9 9 #4,054
1951 20 20 #2,309
1950 9 9 #3,913
1949 13 13 #2,988
1948 7 7 #4,574
1947 8 8 #4,301
1946 9 9 #3,645
1945 6 6 #4,481
1944 8 8 #3,675
1943 6 6 #4,671