Feminine dossier · first seen 1909

Janis

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

Endangered Down 99.7% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

3,205

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1909Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99.7%

2024

All-time

48,830

Janis 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 3,205 girls were named Janis.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 99.7% from its peak.

All told, about 48,830 Americans have been named Janis and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.7% from peak

19473,205 girls named Janis

202411 girls named Janis

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