first name
JANEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,394 people named Janey, 68.7% reported their origin as White, 14% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.5% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Janey peaked in 1947, when 108 babies got the name.
At least 5,044 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Janey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,652. The largest share of babies named Janey, 31.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Janey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Janey has been most common in Texas (4.6×), Tennessee (3.1×), and Oklahoma (3×), and least common in Illinois (0.48×).
1,303 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Janey
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Janey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Janey ranks #37,075 of 156,621, with 647 people. See Janey as a last name
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