Janita
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,837since 1915
Janita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janita has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,288 | 43 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | — | |
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| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | — | |
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| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Janita! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Janita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Janita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Janita
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,086 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #13,208)
- 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
- 4,277 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1963 at #1,478 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 4 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 33,816
- Highest: 1 in 33,816 girls born in 1963 were named Janita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 19.4% of all girls named Janita (356) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,795 (1915) | #3,795 |
| 1920s | 29 | #3,144 (1924) | #3,927 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,235 (1932) | #2,931 |
| 1940s | 135 | #1,916 (1944) | #2,742 |
| 1950s | 207 | #2,185 (1950) | #2,404 |
| 1960s | 322 | #1,478 (1963) | #2,251 |
| 1970s | 245 | #2,647 (1970) | #3,000 |
| 1980s | 356 | #2,288 (1982) | #2,720 |
| 1990s | 227 | #3,078 (1990) | #4,978 |
| 2000s | 116 | #6,129 (2002) | #9,965 |
| 2010s | 82 | #7,513 (2010) | #9,650 |
| 2020s | 35 | #8,978 (2021) | #12,718 |
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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