Janes
- Last seen for boys in 1985 at #5,785
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 358since 1912
Janes over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Janes has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
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| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
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| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
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| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | #2,544 (1912) | #3,104 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,048 (1928) | #3,416 |
| 1930s | 68 | #2,184 (1936) | #2,906 |
| 1940s | 40 | #2,309 (1944) | #3,086 |
| 1950s | 23 | #3,275 (1958) | #3,657 |
| 1960s | 59 | #2,665 (1964) | #3,318 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,762 |
| 1980s | 26 | #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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