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.

Janis

#598 most common girls' name of all time · #1,114 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among girls
#598
Rank overall
#1,114 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
49,015
Since 2016
156
Peak year
1947 #108
Best rank
#108 1947
Girls Boys peak 3,217/yr
192019401960198020002020

Janis first appears in 1909. 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 10 — 10 #9,508
2024 11 — 11 #9,000
2023 11 6 17 #9,039
2022 10 5 15 #9,741
2021 10 — 10 #9,633
2020 9 — 9 #10,308
2019 21 — 21 #5,817
2018 20 — 20 #6,038
2017 20 — 20 #6,063
2016 23 — 23 #5,641
2015 30 — 30 #4,599
2014 33 — 33 #4,365
2013 28 — 28 #4,904
2012 18 — 18 #6,899
2011 23 — 23 #5,745
2010 37 — 37 #4,033
2009 35 — 35 #4,278
2008 27 — 27 #5,296
2007 30 — 30 #4,825
2006 31 — 31 #4,594
2005 36 — 36 #3,948
2004 40 — 40 #3,641
2003 26 — 26 #4,821
2002 44 — 44 #3,198
2001 38 — 38 #3,493
2000 36 5 41 #3,605
1999 52 — 52 #2,683
1998 53 — 53 #2,578
1997 40 — 40 #2,983
1996 32 — 32 #3,519
1995 46 — 46 #2,657
1994 54 — 54 #2,387
1993 45 — 45 #2,684
1992 53 — 53 #2,440
1991 40 — 40 #2,896
1990 46 — 46 #2,577
1989 75 — 75 #1,792
1988 55 — 55 #2,099
1987 47 — 47 #2,282
1986 63 — 63 #1,804
1985 80 — 80 #1,525
1984 75 — 75 #1,515
1983 102 — 102 #1,238
1982 106 — 106 #1,238
1981 124 — 124 #1,116
1980 138 5 143 #1,038
1979 161 — 161 #921
1978 154 — 154 #922
1977 161 — 161 #888
1976 171 — 171 #814
1975 155 — 155 #866
1974 161 — 161 #828
1973 163 5 168 #806
1972 203 6 209 #710
1971 280 — 280 #609
1970 244 — 244 #660
1969 270 5 275 #608
1968 284 — 284 #567
1967 306 — 306 #536
1966 345 — 345 #510
1965 427 — 427 #461
1964 516 7 523 #432
1963 664 — 664 #377
1962 591 9 600 #388
1961 708 — 708 #360
1960 857 6 863 #321
1959 1,011 — 1,011 #281
1958 1,224 — 1,224 #245
1957 1,553 — 1,553 #213
1956 2,364 8 2,372 #157
1955 1,840 10 1,850 #180
1954 1,791 — 1,791 #183
1953 1,864 8 1,872 #169
1952 2,181 8 2,189 #153
1951 2,550 7 2,557 #131
1950 2,295 6 2,301 #136
1949 2,458 — 2,458 #131
1948 2,745 5 2,750 #121
1947 3,205 12 3,217 #108
1946 2,053 7 2,060 #134
1945 1,128 5 1,133 #184
1944 729 5 734 #246
1943 651 7 658 #274
1942 719 — 719 #257
1941 596 5 601 #262
1940 578 — 578 #260
1939 620 — 620 #252
1938 640 5 645 #251
1937 716 6 722 #226
1936 599 — 599 #252
1935 448 — 448 #287
1934 412 — 412 #309
1933 361 — 361 #331
1932 306 6 312 #365
1931 261 — 261 #402
1930 270 — 270 #403
1929 226 — 226 #439
1928 194 5 199 #497
1927 197 — 197 #499
1926 145 — 145 #591
1925 140 — 140 #621
1924 133 — 133 #651
1923 107 — 107 #707
1922 106 — 106 #708
1921 105 — 105 #716
1920 121 — 121 #660
1919 79 — 79 #796
1918 74 — 74 #842
1917 55 — 55 #944
1916 54 — 54 #939
1915 39 — 39 #1,093
1914 34 — 34 #1,032
1913 20 — 20 #1,306
1912 15 — 15 #1,475
1911 11 — 11 #1,544
1910 8 — 8 #1,933
1909 6 — 6 #2,188