Janet
Rank in 2025
#2778
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
61
girls 61
Peak year
1942
13,065 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
558,291
since 1880
Born a Janet? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Janet was most popular in 1942, when 13,065 babies recorded as girls got the name (9.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 61 babies were named Janet, ranking #2778 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 35%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 2778 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 74 | 2434 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 97 | 2020 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 104 | 1918 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 92 | 2071 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 93 | 2005 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 123 | 1700 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 159 | 1406 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 171 | 1353 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 162 | 1425 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 155 | 1477 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 168 | 1376 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 189 | 1260 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 212 | 1158 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 269 | 952 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 298 | 889 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 353 | 804 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 415 | 717 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 449 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 523 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 512 | 562 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 672 | 452 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 565 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 630 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 696 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 686 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 646 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 759 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 757 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 827 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 928 | 297 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 1,007 | 277 | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | 1,068 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 1,197 | 230 | 8 | 6128 |
| 1991 | 1,186 | 236 | 15 | 3813 |
| 1990 | 1,285 | 223 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 1,210 | 227 | 21 | 2902 |
| 1988 | 1,179 | 220 | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | 1,313 | 204 | 18 | 2838 |
| 1986 | 1,236 | 214 | 23 | 2360 |
| 1985 | 1,242 | 207 | 15 | 3070 |
| 1984 | 1,266 | 207 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 1,398 | 190 | 12 | 3411 |
| 1982 | 1,499 | 182 | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | 1,568 | 176 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | 1,609 | 172 | 13 | 3256 |
| 1979 | 1,748 | 160 | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | 1,730 | 159 | 10 | 3614 |
| 1977 | 1,945 | 147 | 8 | 4164 |
| 1976 | 1,879 | 142 | 10 | 3471 |
| 1975 | 1,950 | 139 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 2,175 | 130 | 11 | 3120 |
| 1973 | 2,521 | 119 | 12 | 2857 |
| 1972 | 2,954 | 111 | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | 3,394 | 112 | 15 | 2464 |
| 1970 | 4,158 | 96 | 10 | 3071 |
| 1969 | 4,380 | 84 | 27 | 1570 |
| 1968 | 4,838 | 73 | 13 | 2311 |
| 1967 | 5,657 | 61 | 15 | 2030 |
| 1966 | 6,434 | 57 | 20 | 1723 |
| 1965 | 7,654 | 55 | 23 | 1625 |
| 1964 | 9,249 | 48 | 25 | 1581 |
| 1963 | 10,667 | 40 | 27 | 1513 |
| 1962 | 12,256 | 35 | 30 | 1423 |
| 1961 | 13,930 | 32 | 29 | 1496 |
| 1960 | 14,250 | 32 | 25 | 1619 |
| 1959 | 14,964 | 28 | 29 | 1467 |
| 1958 | 14,816 | 28 | 32 | 1370 |
| 1957 | 15,753 | 23 | 35 | 1318 |
| 1956 | 16,758 | 21 | 37 | 1257 |
| 1955 | 17,920 | 20 | 28 | 1458 |
| 1954 | 18,477 | 19 | 30 | 1382 |
| 1953 | 17,771 | 19 | 34 | 1280 |
| 1952 | 17,921 | 19 | 29 | 1406 |
| 1951 | 16,947 | 19 | 25 | 1489 |
| 1950 | 16,193 | 18 | 30 | 1313 |
| 1949 | 14,860 | 23 | 27 | 1409 |
| 1948 | 13,977 | 24 | 25 | 1460 |
| 1947 | 15,236 | 23 | 30 | 1336 |
| 1946 | 14,142 | 21 | 30 | 1278 |
| 1945 | 12,326 | 20 | 36 | 1078 |
| 1944 | 12,592 | 21 | 36 | 1107 |
| 1943 | 13,316 | 20 | 46 | 986 |
| 1942 | 13,065 | 19 | 39 | 1089 |
| 1941 | 11,136 | 18 | 30 | 1209 |
| 1940 | 10,105 | 19 | 39 | 1031 |
| 1939 | 10,120 | 17 | 30 | 1194 |
| 1938 | 9,870 | 16 | 32 | 1149 |
| 1937 | 9,363 | 18 | 42 | 967 |
| 1936 | 8,080 | 21 | 35 | 1095 |
| 1935 | 7,856 | 22 | 30 | 1226 |
| 1934 | 8,071 | 21 | 26 | 1323 |
| 1933 | 7,342 | 25 | 23 | 1405 |
| 1932 | 5,786 | 35 | 29 | 1254 |
| 1931 | 4,948 | 45 | 22 | 1489 |
| 1930 | 4,602 | 53 | 11 | 2444 |
| 1929 | 3,050 | 82 | 10 | 2589 |
| 1928 | 2,782 | 95 | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | 2,546 | 111 | 7 | 3451 |
| 1926 | 2,469 | 110 | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | 2,428 | 111 | 10 | 2755 |
| 1924 | 2,293 | 118 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 2,221 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 2,004 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 2,123 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 2,057 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 1,864 | 126 | 6 | 3736 |
| 1918 | 1,812 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 1,585 | 136 | 5 | 3981 |
| 1916 | 1,449 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 1,173 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 883 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 712 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 553 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 386 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 296 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 242 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 231 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 197 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 139 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 154 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 128 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 119 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 115 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 108 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 108 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 80 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 122 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 103 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 102 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 92 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 89 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 72 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 78 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 84 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 76 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 57 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 68 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 58 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 56 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 46 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 40 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 44 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 35 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 29 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 28 | 294 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years