Janus**
#19,895 most common girls' name of all time · #32,522 across all names · 24% male / 76% female · used 1922–2019 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#19,895
Rank overall
#32,522 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
168
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1956 #3,003
Best rank
#3,003 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Janus first appears in 1922. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,847 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,777 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,971 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,729 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,122 |
| 1956 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,003 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,115 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,989 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,627 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,714 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,492 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,992 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,890 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,893 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,339 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,705 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,684 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | — |