Janet

Boy · recorded 1917–1995

  • 1995last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Janet.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1917

0203919171937195619761995

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 73 recorded years as a table
Janet, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19196
19244
19259
19265
19276
19288
19299
193010
193121
193228
193323
193425
193529
193634
193739
193829
193927
194034
194124
194228
194332
194426
194527
194618
194716
194814
194915
195017
195113
195215
195317
195415
195514
195617
195716
195815
195914
196012
196114
196215
196313
196413
196512
196611
19679
19687
196915
19705
19718
19726
19738
19747
19754
19766
19775
19786
19794
19807
19818
19828
19837
19844
19858
198612
198710
19887
198910
19904
19917
19924
19945
19953

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Janet isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1995
6
Rank in 1995
#7,792
How rare
1 in 317,283 boys
Since 1917
1,515

Janet was last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1937, at 39 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Janet doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.