Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Janet

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

Endangered Down 99.6% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

18,477

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

99.6%

2024

All-time

556,709

Janet once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 18,477 girls were named Janet.

In 2024, only 74 girls were given the name.

Down 99.6% from its peak.

All told, about 556,709 Americans have been named Janet and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.6% from peak

195418,477 girls named Janet

202474 girls named Janet

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