first name
JANIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 38,436 people named Janis, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Black and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Janis peaked in 1947, when 3,217 babies got the name.
At least 49,015 babies have been given the name since 1909. 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.
Janis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #322. The largest share of babies named Janis, 66.4%, 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 Janis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Janis has been most common in Iowa (1.9×), Kansas (1.7×), and Arkansas (1.6×), and least common in Arizona (0.27×).
44,979 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 Janis
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Janis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Janis ranks #8,907 of 156,621, with 3,527 people. See Janis as a last name
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