Janine

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,559
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1960 · 1,380 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,508
since 1914

Janine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #231, 1960girls
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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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2025#5,72221—
2024#5,96220—
2023#5,96020—
2022#5,30924—
2021#4,41331—
2020#5,16824—
2019#4,90927—
2018#3,00454—
2017#3,91938—
2016#3,70741—
2015#3,25450—
2014#4,76829—
2013#3,40446—
2012#2,93558—
2011#4,24434—
2010#3,51645—
2009#2,82662—
2008#3,93640—
2007#2,61670—
2006#3,09054—
2005#2,08889—
2004#1,855102—
2003#1,92594—
2002#1,86695—
2001#1,765101—
2000#1,674105—
1999#1,431122—
1998#1,382124—
1997#1,273138—
1996#1,079171—
1995#1,023178—
1994#961193—
1993#803250—
1992#734288—
1991#734283—
1990#659337—
1989#639328—
1988#565366—
1987#575345—
1986#540376—
1985#484426—
1984#422507—
1983#401541—
1982#410560—
1981#429496—
1980#427507—
1979#410524—
1978#417484—
1977#422480—
1976#408495—
1975#410491—
1974#385541—
1973#365584—
1972#367594—
1971#321830—
1970#2811,044—
1969#303893—
1968#295882—
1967#2591,056#3,5596
1966#2381,238#3,9485
1965#2321,357—
1964#2511,240—
1963#2611,135—
1962#2461,289—
1961#2421,288—
1960#2311,380—
1959#340774—
1958#445459—
1957#376581—
1956#363578—
1955#314745—
1954#297813—
1953#311694—
1952#346564—
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1950#446327—
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1943#99264—
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1941#1,27136—
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1932#1,21335—
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Janine! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Janine is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNHWashington: #371 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,479 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMNIllinois: #405 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,911 girlsILWisconsin: #486 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,082 girlsWIMichigan: #408 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,453 girlsMINew York: #172 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 999 girlsNYMassachusetts: #273 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedRIOregon: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,662 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedINOhio: #446 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,051 girlsOHPennsylvania: #176 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,014 girlsPANew Jersey: #161 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 889 girlsNJConnecticut: #245 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,581 girlsCTCalifornia: #353 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 2,133 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedUTColorado: #377 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,423 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedVAMaryland: #529 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,506 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedDEArizona: #516 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,397 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #567 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,767 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Janine, so not publishedALGeorgia: #756 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,020 girlsGAHawaii: #277 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,076 girlsHITexas: #703 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 6,109 girlsTXFlorida: #373 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,559 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#161 · 1 in 889
  2. New York#172 · 1 in 999
  3. Pennsylvania#176 · 1 in 1,014
  4. Connecticut#245 · 1 in 1,581
  5. Massachusetts#273 · 1 in 1,932

Best ever in a state: #106 in Wyoming, 1968.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#161431 in 889
New York#1721031 in 999
Pennsylvania#176671 in 1,014
Connecticut#245101 in 1,581
Massachusetts#273171 in 1,932
Hawaii#27751 in 1,076
California#353881 in 2,133
Washington#371111 in 2,479
Florida#373231 in 2,559
Colorado#37791 in 2,423
Illinois#405251 in 2,911
Oregon#40561 in 2,662
Michigan#408161 in 3,453
Ohio#446171 in 4,051
Wisconsin#48661 in 5,082
Arizona#51661 in 3,397
Maryland#52951 in 4,506
North Carolina#56771 in 4,767
Texas#703211 in 6,109
Georgia#75651 in 7,020
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Janine
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 240 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,722)
  • 554 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #5,722)
  • 2,468 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1938 (#1,330 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 158 spots in 1994 (#803 → #961)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1960 at #231 (1,380 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1945–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,301
  • Highest: 1 in 1,301 girls born in 1965 were named Janine (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #231 in 1960, was only 1 in 1,465 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 35.1% of all girls named Janine (11,758) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s22#2,876 (1914)#4,138
1920s56#1,447 (1929)#3,542
1930s371#931 (1938)#1,223
1940s1,368#479 (1947)#824
1950s5,956#297 (1954)#364
1960s11,758#231 (1960)#256
1970s6,067#281 (1970)#379
1980s4,452#401 (1983)#489
1990s2,084#659 (1990)#1,008
2000s812#1,674 (2000)#2,364
2010s422#2,935 (2012)#3,766
2020s140#4,413 (2021)#5,422

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.

Janine in 1983

girls
#401
541 births · 1 in 3,088 girls

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #401Janine541
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 3,088 of them was named Janine, which outranked 96.7% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janine
  1. #398Alexandria551
  2. #398Emma551
  3. #400Kristal545
  4. #401Janine541
  5. #402Guadalupe540
  6. #403Alejandra535
  7. #403Chelsey535
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983 →