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.

Janie

#460 most common girls' name of all time · #847 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#460
Rank overall
#847 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
75,874
Since 2016
1,391
Peak year
1947 #161
Best rank
#134 1882
Girls Boys peak 1,853/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Janie 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 168 168 #1,326
2024 139 139 #1,536
2023 138 138 #1,544
2022 152 152 #1,456
2021 128 128 #1,630
2020 111 111 #1,781
2019 141 141 #1,528
2018 124 124 #1,677
2017 132 132 #1,636
2016 158 158 #1,456
2015 170 170 #1,388
2014 165 165 #1,391
2013 148 148 #1,496
2012 163 163 #1,409
2011 138 138 #1,577
2010 155 155 #1,457
2009 203 203 #1,228
2008 201 201 #1,250
2007 170 170 #1,402
2006 186 186 #1,281
2005 226 226 #1,054
2004 223 223 #1,038
2003 195 195 #1,126
2002 236 236 #946
2001 214 214 #1,001
2000 208 208 #1,014
1999 207 207 #991
1998 210 210 #971
1997 238 238 #858
1996 231 231 #862
1995 248 248 #800
1994 285 285 #730
1993 270 270 #762
1992 304 304 #710
1991 321 321 #671
1990 323 323 #667
1989 294 5 299 #688
1988 317 317 #626
1987 268 7 275 #689
1986 297 297 #624
1985 299 299 #627
1984 306 306 #589
1983 309 309 #579
1982 335 10 345 #550
1981 338 338 #550
1980 316 316 #583
1979 330 330 #558
1978 303 303 #569
1977 353 353 #521
1976 360 9 369 #498
1975 351 6 357 #510
1974 354 8 362 #497
1973 389 5 394 #468
1972 441 6 447 #435
1971 454 5 459 #452
1970 475 6 481 #456
1969 498 6 504 #432
1968 490 490 #429
1967 554 554 #390
1966 595 8 603 #372
1965 620 620 #365
1964 752 6 758 #347
1963 940 940 #301
1962 952 7 959 #299
1961 1,049 6 1,055 #284
1960 1,082 11 1,093 #274
1959 1,128 1,128 #262
1958 1,215 1,215 #246
1957 1,304 8 1,312 #235
1956 1,410 1,410 #215
1955 1,483 5 1,488 #209
1954 1,492 1,492 #205
1953 1,578 5 1,583 #197
1952 1,569 5 1,574 #189
1951 1,707 1,707 #176
1950 1,729 1,729 #164
1949 1,737 1,737 #165
1948 1,579 8 1,587 #176
1947 1,845 8 1,853 #161
1946 1,704 1,704 #158
1945 1,469 8 1,477 #159
1944 1,163 6 1,169 #186
1943 1,065 1,065 #198
1942 949 13 962 #212
1941 797 797 #217
1940 811 8 819 #213
1939 758 758 #222
1938 778 7 785 #218
1937 706 7 713 #230
1936 754 754 #216
1935 744 15 759 #227
1934 771 9 780 #223
1933 710 5 715 #229
1932 704 6 710 #229
1931 696 5 701 #230
1930 707 707 #229
1929 707 8 715 #225
1928 709 7 716 #234
1927 729 729 #240
1926 664 664 #256
1925 741 5 746 #241
1924 751 7 758 #243
1923 699 699 #246
1922 684 684 #251
1921 708 5 713 #250
1920 764 764 #235
1919 751 751 #226
1918 656 656 #251
1917 634 634 #246
1916 649 649 #244
1915 571 571 #247
1914 472 5 477 #245
1913 471 471 #218
1912 416 416 #221
1911 317 317 #224
1910 377 377 #182
1909 301 301 #193
1908 284 284 #197
1907 295 295 #185
1906 265 265 #187
1905 306 306 #171
1904 272 272 #178
1903 260 260 #179
1902 262 262 #177
1901 278 278 #163
1900 330 330 #167
1899 224 224 #186
1898 235 235 #191
1897 247 247 #174
1896 223 223 #184
1895 220 220 #179
1894 246 246 #165
1893 211 211 #175
1892 242 242 #159
1891 204 204 #164
1890 220 220 #161
1889 226 226 #147
1888 206 206 #153
1887 155 155 #157
1886 149 149 #157
1885 155 155 #146
1884 122 122 #159
1883 135 135 #144
1882 134 134 #134
1881 113 113 #139
1880 96 96 #146