Janis
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 3,205 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 48,841since 1909
Janis over time
Rank among girls' names. Janis has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,196 | 44 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,570 | 53 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,650 | 46 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,571 | 46 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,787 | 75 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,802 | 63 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,523 | 80 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,511 | 75 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,237 | 102 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,237 | 106 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,114 | 124 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,034 | 138 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #920 | 161 | — | |
| 1978 | #919 | 154 | — | |
| 1977 | #888 | 161 | — | |
| 1976 | #811 | 171 | — | |
| 1975 | #863 | 155 | — | |
| 1974 | #828 | 161 | — | |
| 1973 | #801 | 163 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #710 | 203 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #608 | 280 | — | |
| 1970 | #660 | 244 | — | |
| 1969 | #608 | 270 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #567 | 284 | — | |
| 1967 | #536 | 306 | — | |
| 1966 | #510 | 345 | — | |
| 1965 | #461 | 427 | — | |
| 1964 | #432 | 516 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #377 | 664 | — | |
| 1962 | #388 | 591 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #360 | 708 | — | |
| 1960 | #321 | 857 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #281 | 1,011 | — | |
| 1958 | #245 | 1,224 | — | |
| 1957 | #213 | 1,553 | — | |
| 1956 | #157 | 2,364 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #179 | 1,840 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #183 | 1,791 | — | |
| 1953 | #169 | 1,864 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #153 | 2,181 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #131 | 2,550 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #136 | 2,295 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #131 | 2,458 | — | |
| 1948 | #121 | 2,745 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #108 | 3,205 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #134 | 2,053 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #184 | 1,128 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #246 | 729 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #274 | 651 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #257 | 719 | — | |
| 1941 | #262 | 596 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #260 | 578 | — | |
| 1939 | #252 | 620 | — | |
| 1938 | #251 | 640 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #226 | 716 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #252 | 599 | — | |
| 1935 | #287 | 448 | — | |
| 1934 | #309 | 412 | — | |
| 1933 | #331 | 361 | — | |
| 1932 | #365 | 306 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #401 | 261 | — | |
| 1930 | #403 | 270 | — | |
| 1929 | #437 | 226 | — | |
| 1928 | #497 | 194 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #498 | 197 | — | |
| 1926 | #589 | 145 | — | |
| 1925 | #619 | 140 | — | |
| 1924 | #649 | 133 | — | |
| 1923 | #705 | 107 | — | |
| 1922 | #706 | 106 | — | |
| 1921 | #714 | 105 | — | |
| 1920 | #659 | 121 | — | |
| 1919 | #792 | 79 | — | |
| 1918 | #832 | 74 | — | |
| 1917 | #933 | 55 | — | |
| 1916 | #928 | 54 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,023 | 34 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Janis! It came in at #1,957, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Janis is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#214 · 1 in 1,724
- Nebraska#227 · 1 in 1,610
- Iowa#248 · 1 in 2,093
- Minnesota#248 · 1 in 2,268
- Ohio#253 · 1 in 2,300
Best ever in a state: #61 in Oregon, 1947.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #214 | 14 | 1 in 1,724 |
| Nebraska | #227 | 7 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Iowa | #248 | 9 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Minnesota | #248 | 9 | 1 in 2,268 |
| Ohio | #253 | 23 | 1 in 2,300 |
| California | #319 | 15 | 1 in 2,450 |
| Indiana | #333 | 7 | 1 in 3,612 |
| West Virginia | #353 | 6 | 1 in 3,253 |
| Michigan | #365 | 9 | 1 in 4,576 |
| Missouri | #420 | 6 | 1 in 4,773 |
| Arkansas | #430 | 5 | 1 in 3,705 |
| New York | #472 | 12 | 1 in 8,233 |
| Illinois | #542 | 7 | 1 in 8,186 |
| Texas | #546 | 13 | 1 in 4,634 |
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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 Janis
- 511 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #9,457)
- 793 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #9,457)
- 4,873 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1916 (#1,075 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1980 (#920 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1947 at #108 (3,205 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1916–1979
- Highest: 1 in 553 girls born in 1947 were named Janis (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.2% of all girls named Janis (18,673) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,957 (1909) | #1,957 |
| 1910s | 389 | #792 (1919) | #1,150 |
| 1920s | 1,474 | #437 (1929) | #607 |
| 1930s | 4,633 | #226 (1937) | #308 |
| 1940s | 14,862 | #108 (1947) | #198 |
| 1950s | 18,673 | #131 (1951) | #185 |
| 1960s | 4,968 | #321 (1960) | #456 |
| 1970s | 1,853 | #608 (1971) | #801 |
| 1980s | 865 | #1,034 (1980) | #1,561 |
| 1990s | 461 | #2,381 (1994) | #2,732 |
| 2000s | 343 | #3,196 (2002) | #4,158 |
| 2010s | 253 | #4,023 (2010) | #5,392 |
| 2020s | 61 | #8,946 (2024) | #9,481 |
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.
Janis in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 5,945 of them was named Janis, which outranked 90.9% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 221,523 of them was named Janis, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 572 names at #4,151; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.