Jani
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
- Given to girls 95.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 71 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,659since 1943
Jani over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jani has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,301 | 71 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,437 | 54 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1943
The first year at least five girls were named Jani! It came in at #4,196, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jani is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jani in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 240 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,491)
- 2,055 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #7,491)
- 8,928 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1960 at #1,301 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,478
- Highest: 1 in 28,478 girls born in 1960 were named Jani (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 22.3% of all girls named Jani (370) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 57 | #2,850 (1949) | #3,727 |
| 1950s | 298 | #1,437 (1956) | #2,238 |
| 1960s | 370 | #1,301 (1960) | #2,106 |
| 1970s | 207 | #2,565 (1973) | #3,551 |
| 1980s | 134 | #4,162 (1981) | #5,588 |
| 1990s | 180 | #4,208 (1991) | #5,483 |
| 2000s | 223 | #4,811 (2006) | #5,675 |
| 2010s | 119 | #5,445 (2016) | #9,989 |
| 2020s | 71 | #6,414 (2021) | #7,667 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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