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.

Janise

#4,364 most common girls' name of all time · #7,426 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1933–2025

Rank among girls
#4,364
Rank overall
#7,426 of 105,966
First appeared
1933
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
2,084
Since 2016
54
Peak year
1953 #1,331
Best rank
#1,331 1953
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
19401960198020002020

Janise first appears in 1933. 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 8 8 #11,083
2024 6 6 #13,690
2023 6 6 #13,675
2021 6 6 #13,678
2019 9 9 #10,585
2017 8 8 #11,756
2016 11 11 #9,508
2015 14 14 #8,075
2014 13 13 #8,562
2013 15 15 #7,813
2012 22 22 #5,938
2011 13 13 #8,704
2010 20 20 #6,416
2009 31 31 #4,705
2008 20 20 #6,605
2007 24 24 #5,749
2006 30 30 #4,709
2005 17 17 #6,869
2004 29 29 #4,625
2003 11 11 #9,125
2002 21 21 #5,486
2001 31 31 #4,048
2000 27 27 #4,426
1999 29 29 #3,996
1998 17 17 #5,858
1997 24 24 #4,402
1996 36 36 #3,260
1995 18 18 #5,269
1994 34 34 #3,324
1993 31 31 #3,524
1992 42 42 #2,843
1991 29 29 #3,654
1990 46 46 #2,579
1989 49 49 #2,387
1988 40 40 #2,663
1987 26 26 #3,456
1986 18 18 #4,420
1985 20 20 #4,029
1984 31 31 #2,872
1983 27 27 #3,088
1982 30 30 #2,979
1981 20 20 #3,904
1980 28 28 #3,092
1979 20 20 #3,810
1978 20 20 #3,685
1977 18 18 #3,969
1976 14 14 #4,448
1975 17 17 #3,830
1974 14 14 #4,298
1973 18 18 #3,536
1972 29 29 #2,482
1971 28 28 #2,630
1970 26 26 #2,738
1969 28 28 #2,487
1968 29 29 #2,277
1967 25 25 #2,460
1966 31 31 #2,125
1965 22 22 #2,647
1964 25 25 #2,510
1963 26 26 #2,398
1962 34 34 #2,022
1961 39 39 #1,861
1960 36 36 #1,913
1959 44 44 #1,666
1958 38 38 #1,781
1957 40 40 #1,721
1956 51 51 #1,497
1955 53 53 #1,379
1954 32 32 #1,866
1953 54 54 #1,331
1952 42 42 #1,502
1951 21 21 #2,232
1950 32 32 #1,676
1949 26 26 #1,911
1948 24 24 #2,003
1947 20 20 #2,270
1946 18 18 #2,305
1944 8 8 #3,633
1943 14 14 #2,551
1942 6 6 #4,522
1941 11 11 #2,828
1940 5 5 #4,901
1939 9 9 #3,127
1938 12 12 #2,571
1937 7 7 #3,769
1936 7 7 #3,675
1935 12 12 #2,574
1934 7 7 #3,792
1933 5 5 #4,821