Jayne
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 1,470 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 29,107since 1895
Jayne over time
Rank among girls' names. Jayne has never cracked the top 200 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 | #2,822 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,704 | 64 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #2,490 | 72 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,285 | 79 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,275 | 80 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,294 | 81 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,385 | 76 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,935 | 58 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,416 | 76 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,562 | 71 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,752 | 65 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,538 | 74 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,636 | 64 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,020 | 91 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,465 | 66 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,447 | 65 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,064 | 81 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,776 | 98 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,753 | 91 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,766 | 85 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,599 | 97 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,531 | 100 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,376 | 120 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,725 | 86 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,630 | 93 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,287 | 130 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,272 | 128 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,213 | 133 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,099 | 142 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,209 | 119 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,380 | 93 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #1,056 | 140 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,075 | 130 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #1,090 | 126 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,053 | 137 | — | |
| 1981 | #982 | 149 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,016 | 143 | — | |
| 1979 | #923 | 159 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,117 | 116 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,088 | 119 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,092 | 111 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,054 | 112 | — | |
| 1973 | #980 | 121 | — | |
| 1972 | #893 | 141 | — | |
| 1971 | #835 | 165 | — | |
| 1970 | #765 | 189 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #657 | 228 | — | |
| 1968 | #598 | 259 | — | |
| 1967 | #508 | 349 | — | |
| 1966 | #462 | 420 | — | |
| 1965 | #424 | 488 | — | |
| 1964 | #393 | 611 | — | |
| 1963 | #345 | 750 | — | |
| 1962 | #316 | 877 | — | |
| 1961 | #295 | 981 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #313 | 909 | — | |
| 1959 | #260 | 1,131 | — | |
| 1958 | #229 | 1,326 | — | |
| 1957 | #216 | 1,524 | — | |
| 1956 | #212 | 1,470 | — | |
| 1955 | #235 | 1,179 | — | |
| 1954 | #282 | 911 | — | |
| 1953 | #353 | 575 | — | |
| 1952 | #354 | 539 | — | |
| 1951 | #337 | 551 | — | |
| 1950 | #318 | 595 | — | |
| 1949 | #311 | 621 | — | |
| 1948 | #341 | 519 | — | |
| 1947 | #337 | 559 | — | |
| 1946 | #333 | 490 | — | |
| 1945 | #338 | 405 | — | |
| 1944 | #396 | 319 | — | |
| 1943 | #408 | 321 | — | |
| 1942 | #432 | 281 | — | |
| 1941 | #448 | 235 | — | |
| 1940 | #464 | 207 | — | |
| 1939 | #502 | 177 | — | |
| 1938 | #492 | 183 | — | |
| 1937 | #582 | 134 | — | |
| 1936 | #615 | 115 | — | |
| 1935 | #575 | 125 | — | |
| 1934 | #635 | 110 | — | |
| 1933 | #563 | 129 | — | |
| 1932 | #606 | 117 | — | |
| 1931 | #621 | 114 | — | |
| 1930 | #669 | 105 | — | |
| 1929 | #760 | 85 | — | |
| 1928 | #673 | 107 | — | |
| 1927 | #659 | 118 | — | |
| 1926 | #607 | 137 | — | |
| 1925 | #504 | 195 | — | |
| 1924 | #522 | 188 | — | |
| 1923 | #495 | 198 | — | |
| 1922 | #468 | 214 | — | |
| 1921 | #424 | 256 | — | |
| 1920 | #465 | 213 | — | |
| 1919 | #524 | 169 | — | |
| 1918 | #571 | 156 | — | |
| 1917 | #498 | 175 | — | |
| 1916 | #581 | 134 | — | |
| 1915 | #718 | 87 | — | |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | — | |
| 1913 | #748 | 49 | — | |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Jayne! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jayne is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Connecticut#196 · 1 in 1,775
- Indiana#229 · 1 in 2,066
- Ohio#263 · 1 in 2,774
- Massachusetts#274 · 1 in 3,673
- Minnesota#276 · 1 in 2,838
Best ever in a state: #92 in Massachusetts, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #196 | 6 | 1 in 1,775 |
| Indiana | #229 | 13 | 1 in 2,066 |
| Ohio | #263 | 19 | 1 in 2,774 |
| Massachusetts | #274 | 8 | 1 in 3,673 |
| Minnesota | #276 | 8 | 1 in 2,838 |
| Michigan | #304 | 12 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Wisconsin | #340 | 5 | 1 in 4,837 |
| Pennsylvania | #343 | 17 | 1 in 4,412 |
| New Jersey | #361 | 5 | 1 in 5,168 |
| Georgia | #371 | 9 | 1 in 3,528 |
| New York | #377 | 19 | 1 in 4,722 |
| Illinois | #423 | 10 | 1 in 5,626 |
| Alabama | #445 | 6 | 1 in 4,922 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 6 | 1 in 6,277 |
| California | #520 | 8 | 1 in 6,241 |
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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 Jayne
- 161 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #2,822)
- 273 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #2,822)
- 528 spots since 2015 (#2,294 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 230 spots in 1913 (#978 → #748)
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1970 (#657 → #765)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1956 at #212 (1,470 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1912–1973
- Highest: 1 in 1,342 girls born in 1957 were named Jayne (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #212 in 1956, was only 1 in 1,366 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.7% of all girls named Jayne (9,801) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,592 (1895) | #1,592 |
| 1900s | 31 | #1,229 (1906) | #1,611 |
| 1910s | 875 | #498 (1917) | #829 |
| 1920s | 1,711 | #424 (1921) | #558 |
| 1930s | 1,309 | #492 (1938) | #586 |
| 1940s | 3,957 | #311 (1949) | #381 |
| 1950s | 9,801 | #212 (1956) | #280 |
| 1960s | 5,872 | #295 (1961) | #431 |
| 1970s | 1,350 | #765 (1970) | #977 |
| 1980s | 1,312 | #982 (1981) | #1,117 |
| 1990s | 998 | #1,272 (1990) | #1,606 |
| 2000s | 736 | #1,776 (2000) | #2,415 |
| 2010s | 771 | #2,149 (2016) | #2,392 |
| 2020s | 379 | #2,490 (2022) | #2,731 |
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.
Jayne in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
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1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 5,524 of them was named Jayne, which outranked 90.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.