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.

Janita

#4,720 most common girls' name of all time · #8,021 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among girls
#4,720
Rank overall
#8,021 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
1,837
Since 2016
41
Peak year
1963 #1,486
Best rank
#1,486 1963
Girls Boys peak 57/yr
192019401960198020002020

Janita first appears in 1915. 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 6 — 6 #13,340
2024 8 — 8 #11,214
2023 5 — 5 #15,387
2021 11 — 11 #9,052
2020 5 — 5 #15,257
2016 6 — 6 #14,474
2015 12 — 12 #8,990
2014 14 — 14 #8,101
2013 9 — 9 #11,088
2012 12 — 12 #9,165
2011 13 — 13 #8,678
2010 16 — 16 #7,556
2009 12 — 12 #9,430
2008 7 — 7 #13,951
2007 14 — 14 #8,576
2006 16 — 16 #7,526
2005 11 — 11 #9,511
2004 6 — 6 #14,313
2003 5 — 5 #15,947
2002 18 — 18 #6,157
2001 14 — 14 #7,367
2000 13 — 13 #7,638
1999 12 — 12 #7,784
1998 18 — 18 #5,627
1997 11 — 11 #7,805
1996 20 — 20 #4,914
1995 22 — 22 #4,543
1994 16 — 16 #5,774
1993 32 — 32 #3,443
1992 30 — 30 #3,606
1991 30 — 30 #3,562
1990 36 — 36 #3,095
1989 37 — 37 #2,947
1988 38 — 38 #2,760
1987 29 — 29 #3,184
1986 30 — 30 #3,080
1985 34 — 34 #2,763
1984 42 — 42 #2,311
1983 32 — 32 #2,739
1982 43 — 43 #2,300
1981 39 — 39 #2,459
1980 32 — 32 #2,814
1979 30 — 30 #2,881
1978 22 — 22 #3,415
1977 30 — 30 #2,737
1976 25 — 25 #2,951
1975 20 — 20 #3,428
1974 18 — 18 #3,608
1973 22 — 22 #3,046
1972 25 — 25 #2,768
1971 26 — 26 #2,758
1970 27 — 27 #2,661
1969 13 — 13 #4,025
1968 23 — 23 #2,664
1967 28 — 28 #2,294
1966 32 — 32 #2,073
1965 38 — 38 #1,865
1964 36 — 36 #1,988
1963 57 — 57 #1,486
1962 26 — 26 #2,383
1961 32 — 32 #2,092
1960 37 — 37 #1,877
1959 24 — 24 #2,368
1958 24 — 24 #2,348
1957 24 — 24 #2,316
1956 16 — 16 #2,998
1955 20 — 20 #2,517
1954 24 — 24 #2,218
1953 20 — 20 #2,399
1952 17 — 17 #2,629
1951 18 — 18 #2,440
1950 20 — 20 #2,225
1949 13 — 13 #2,935
1948 8 — 8 #4,034
1947 23 — 23 #2,073
1946 17 — 17 #2,362
1945 12 — 12 #2,680
1944 20 — 20 #1,952
1943 11 — 11 #2,967
1942 14 — 14 #2,500
1941 11 — 11 #2,786
1940 6 — 6 #4,105
1939 9 — 9 #3,056
1938 7 — 7 #3,690
1937 13 — 13 #2,417
1936 10 — 10 #2,807
1934 6 — 6 #4,071
1933 10 — 10 #2,818
1932 14 — 14 #2,349
1930 8 — 8 #3,568
1928 7 — 7 #4,027
1924 10 — 10 #3,354
1923 6 — 6 #4,700
1922 6 — 6 #4,780
1915 6 — 6 #4,188