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 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#124 · 1 in 589
- Maine#130 · 1 in 559
- Rhode Island#163 · 1 in 915
- Nebraska#167 · 1 in 778
- Massachusetts#169 · 1 in 1,059
Best ever in a state: #92 in Massachusetts, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #124 | 75 | 1 in 589 |
| Maine | #130 | 18 | 1 in 559 |
| Rhode Island | #163 | 9 | 1 in 915 |
| Nebraska | #167 | 19 | 1 in 778 |
| Massachusetts | #169 | 51 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Indiana | #178 | 55 | 1 in 907 |
| Iowa | #186 | 30 | 1 in 944 |
| New Jersey | #192 | 54 | 1 in 1,087 |
| Minnesota | #205 | 31 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Michigan | #213 | 67 | 1 in 1,297 |
| West Virginia | #221 | 13 | 1 in 1,294 |
| Pennsylvania | #237 | 70 | 1 in 1,586 |
| Illinois | #240 | 69 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Utah | #240 | 10 | 1 in 1,060 |
| North Dakota | #242 | 5 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Connecticut | #244 | 15 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Ohio | #259 | 54 | 1 in 1,930 |
| New York | #275 | 98 | 1 in 1,714 |
| Kansas | #298 | 11 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Missouri | #305 | 18 | 1 in 2,461 |
| Washington | #355 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| New Mexico | #385 | 5 | 1 in 2,392 |
| Arkansas | #390 | 6 | 1 in 2,915 |
| Oklahoma | #390 | 7 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Maryland | #411 | 8 | 1 in 3,791 |
| Arizona | #414 | 6 | 1 in 2,559 |
| California | #450 | 48 | 1 in 3,648 |
| North Carolina | #451 | 11 | 1 in 4,434 |
| Florida | #455 | 12 | 1 in 4,172 |
| Virginia | #501 | 7 | 1 in 5,738 |
| Tennessee | #504 | 7 | 1 in 5,173 |
| Georgia | #572 | 7 | 1 in 6,364 |
| Texas | #582 | 22 | 1 in 5,080 |
| Louisiana | #583 | 7 | 1 in 5,435 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Oregon | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 2,058 of them was named Jayne, which outranked 96.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 424,839 of them was named Jayne, which outranked 12.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #4,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.