Janis
Janis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 108th, in 1947.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19473,205 births
- Best rank
- #108in 1947
- Since 1909
- 48,830people given the name
The story in the numbers
48,830 girls have been named Janis in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 3,205 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 3,205 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1950s alone account for 38%. It has spent 64 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 389 | |
| 1920s | 1,474 | |
| 1930s | 4,633 | |
| 1940s | 14,862 | |
| 1950s | 18,674 | |
| 1960s | 4,967 | |
| 1970s | 1,853 | |
| 1980s | 865 | |
| 1990s | 461 | |
| 2000s | 343 | |
| 2010s | 252 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Janis was the 108th 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 Janis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gaylepeak 1951
- Marciapeak 1951
- Corlisspeak 1946
- Lindapeak 1947
- Georgannepeak 1952
- Diannepeak 1947
- Gailpeak 1951
- Bonitapeak 1950
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.