Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Janie

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

Endangered Down 92.5% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

1,845

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

92.5%

2024

138

All-time

75,428

Janie 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 1947, when 1,845 girls were named Janie.

In 2024, only 138 girls were given the name.

Down 92.5% from its peak.

All told, about 75,428 Americans have been named Janie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.5% from peak

19471,845 girls named Janie

2024138 girls named Janie

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