Janson
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,170since 1958
Janson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Janson 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 | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #4,343 | 24 |
| 2022 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #3,636 | 30 |
| 2018 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #2,392 | 32 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #1,734 | 33 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
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| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five boys were named Janson! It came in at #3,944, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Janson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Janson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 698 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #5,399)
- 973 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #5,399)
- 110 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1982 at #1,734 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 1 yr 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 54,221
- Highest: 1 in 54,221 boys born in 2016 were named Janson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,734 in 1982, was only 1 in 54,983 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 20.7% of all boys named Janson (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,944 (1958) | #3,944 |
| 1960s | 18 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,733 |
| 1970s | 136 | #1,867 (1979) | #3,174 |
| 1980s | 199 | #1,734 (1982) | #2,665 |
| 1990s | 242 | #2,392 (1994) | #2,991 |
| 2000s | 221 | #3,450 (2002) | #4,131 |
| 2010s | 224 | #3,230 (2016) | #4,599 |
| 2020s | 125 | #4,184 (2022) | #4,769 |
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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