Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Jane

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jane
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

9,942

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

88.1%

2024

1,180

All-time

378,486

Jane has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 9,942 girls were named Jane.

In 2024, only 1,180 girls were given the name.

Down 88.1% from its peak.

All told, about 378,486 Americans have been named Jane and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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