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How popular is “Janey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Janey” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Janey” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Janey” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Janey” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Janey” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Janey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Janey” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 100%
1926 26 0.000011325 26 100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 100%
1935 38 0.000018183 38 100%
1936 37 0.000017809 37 100%
1937 36 0.000016896 36 100%
1938 43 0.000019434 43 100%
1939 35 0.000015884 35 100%
1940 42 0.00001824 42 100%
1941 49 0.000020111 49 100%
1942 46 0.000016839 46 100%
1943 54 0.000019132 54 100%
1944 55 0.000020445 55 100%
1945 90 0.000033925 90 100%
1946 97 0.000030357 97 100%
1947 108 0.000029981 108 100%
1948 95 0.000027516 95 100%
1949 100 0.000028696 100 100%
1950 86 0.000024548 86 100%
1951 70 0.000019002 70 100%
1952 98 0.000025803 98 100%
1953 98 0.00002543 98 100%
1954 83 0.000020851 83 100%
1955 92 0.000022914 92 100%
1956 100 0.000024254 100 100%
1957 87 0.000020704 87 100%
1958 60 0.000014514 60 100%
1959 79 0.000019 79 100%
1960 62 0.000014926 62 100%
1961 80 0.000019313 80 100%
1962 69 0.000017099 69 100%
1963 70 0.000017685 70 100%
1964 63 0.000016205 63 100%
1965 41 0.000011309 41 100%
1966 49 0.000014098 49 100%
1967 37 0.000010899 37 100%
1968 41 0.000012136 41 100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 100%
1971 40 0.000011654 40 100%
1972 42 0.000013363 42 100%
1973 38 0.000012596 38 100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 100%
1976 45 0.00001483 45 100%
1977 40 0.000012592 40 100%
1978 41 0.000012918 41 100%
1979 32 0.000009618 32 100%
1980 35 0.000010161 35 100%
1981 40 0.000011563 40 100%
1982 41 0.000011688 41 100%
1983 32 0.00000924 32 100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 100%
1985 35 0.000009806 35 100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 100%
1987 35 0.000009707 35 100%
1988 59 0.000015967 59 100%
1989 52 0.000013526 52 100%
1990 58 0.000014674 58 100%
1991 53 0.000013606 53 100%
1992 40 0.000010413 40 100%
1993 34 0.000009018 34 100%
1994 53 0.000014256 53 100%
1995 43 0.000011742 43 100%
1996 38 0.000010419 38 100%
1997 37 0.000010205 37 100%
1998 38 0.000010331 38 100%
1999 40 0.000010829 40 100%
2000 43 0.000011376 43 100%
2001 36 0.000009617 36 100%
2002 47 0.000012573 47 100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 100%
2004 39 0.000010207 39 100%
2005 44 0.000011444 44 100%
2006 48 0.000012133 48 100%
2007 32 0.000008005 32 100%
2008 57 0.000014501 57 100%
2009 38 0.000009947 38 100%
2010 33 0.000008929 33 100%
2011 32 0.000008748 32 100%
2012 32 0.000008749 32 100%
2013 51 0.000013989 51 100%
2014 43 0.000011602 43 100%
2015 35 0.000009457 35 100%
2016 39 0.00001063 39 100%
2017 32 0.000008948 32 100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 100%
2019 34 0.000009796 34 100%
2020 32 0.000009579 32 100%
2021 36 0.000010626 36 100%
2022 38 0.000011232 38 100%
2023 31 0.000009362 31 100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 100%

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