Janey
Janey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 796th, in 1945.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1947108 births
- Best rank
- #796in 1945
- Since 1884
- 4,999people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,999 girls have been named Janey in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 108 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | |
| 1890s | 18 | |
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 149 | |
| 1920s | 237 | |
| 1930s | 292 | |
| 1940s | 736 | |
| 1950s | 853 | |
| 1960s | 538 | |
| 1970s | 364 | |
| 1980s | 384 | |
| 1990s | 434 | |
| 2000s | 423 | |
| 2010s | 359 | |
| 2020s | 174 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Janey was the 844th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1947 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Janey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ellynpeak 1991
- Laurelpeak 1956
- Claudiapeak 1952
- Priscillapeak 1942
- Janettpeak 1991
- Rositapeak 1966
- Luannapeak 1960
- Rosalynpeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.