Janey

Girl · recorded 1884–2025

  • #3,459in 2025
  • 1 in 36,528girls in 2025
  • +40%last ten years

Most popular in 1945.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

0356918841919195519902025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 125 recorded years as a table
Janey, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188439
188662
189422
189831
189921
190023
190524
190617
190716
191013
191114
191218
191322
191425
191520
191615
191716
191812
191925
192018
192121
192215
192318
192413
192528
192622
192720
192826
192917
193012
193115
193221
193318
193432
193536
193636
193734
193839
193932
194037
194141
194234
194339
194441
194569
194662
194761
194856
194958
195050
195139
195253
195352
195443
195547
195650
195743
195830
195939
196031
196140
196235
196336
196433
196523
196629
196722
196825
196915
197015
197124
197228
197326
197418
197522
197631
197726
197827
197920
198021
198124
198224
198319
198415
198520
198617
198720
198833
198928
199031
199128
199222
199319
199430
199524
199622
199721
199822
199923
200024
200120
200226
200321
200421
200524
200625
200717
200830
200921
201019
201118
201218
201329
201424
201520
201622
201719
201816
201920
202020
202122
202224
202319
202423
202527

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Janey 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
44
Rank in 2025
#3,459
How rare
1 in 36,528 girls
Since 1884
5,044

Most popular in 1945, at 69 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 40% per million girls born.

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