Janes

Peak · boys
1928 · 15 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
358
since 1912

Janes over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Janes has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,048, 1928boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1985#5,7856
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1983#5,4846
1982#4,5938
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1980#5,5256
1979#6,0565
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1976#4,9356
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1973#5,1015
1972#4,9865
1971#3,6588
1970#3,8367
1969#3,3148
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1967#2,7609
1966#3,9485
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1964#2,66510
1963#3,3187
1962#2,8489
1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
1958#3,2757
1957#3,9935
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1952#3,3736
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1948#3,6685
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1944#2,30910
1943#2,9647
1942#2,9407
1941#3,5055
1940#3,1306
1939#2,8297
1938#3,1756
1937#3,1756
1936#2,18411
1935#2,7198
1934#2,5639
1933#3,6425
1932#2,8498
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1930#3,0228
1929#2,9808
1928#2,04815
1927#4,2105
1926#3,3857
1925#2,75510
1924#4,3475
1923#2,44612
1922#4,3075
1921#3,8696
1920#3,8156
1919#2,8779
1918#3,0968
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1916#3,8975
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1912#2,5445
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Janes! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Janes is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Janes in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Janes
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1928 at #2,048 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73,841
  • Highest: 1 in 73,841 boys born in 1928 were named Janes (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 308,035 boys born in 1985 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.1% of all boys named Janes (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s27#2,544 (1912)#3,104
1920s79#2,048 (1928)#3,416
1930s68#2,184 (1936)#2,906
1940s40#2,309 (1944)#3,086
1950s23#3,275 (1958)#3,657
1960s59#2,665 (1964)#3,318
1970s36#3,658 (1971)#4,762
1980s26#4,593 (1982)#5,347

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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