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How popular is “Janie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Janie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Janie” 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 “Janie” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Janie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Janie” 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
1880 96 0.000476465 96 100%
1881 113 0.00058644 113 100%
1882 134 0.000604876 134 100%
1883 135 0.000622275 135 100%
1884 122 0.000501107 122 100%
1885 155 0.000643543 155 100%
1886 149 0.000583591 149 100%
1887 155 0.000626536 155 100%
1888 206 0.000687873 206 100%
1889 226 0.000782153 226 100%
1890 220 0.000729925 220 100%
1891 204 0.000711612 204 100%
1892 242 0.00072374 242 100%
1893 211 0.000648786 211 100%
1894 246 0.000726328 246 100%
1895 220 0.000626745 220 100%
1896 223 0.000623804 223 100%
1897 247 0.000711904 247 100%
1898 235 0.000616062 235 100%
1899 224 0.000660311 224 100%
1900 330 0.000732913 330 100%
1901 278 0.000803905 278 100%
1902 262 0.00067747 262 100%
1903 260 0.000682057 260 100%
1904 272 0.000674127 272 100%
1905 306 0.000721831 306 100%
1906 265 0.000618507 265 100%
1907 295 0.000633877 295 100%
1908 284 0.000581194 284 100%
1909 301 0.000588783 301 100%
1910 377 0.000638214 377 100%
1911 317 0.000492024 317 100%
1912 416 0.000421026 416 100%
1913 471 0.000414208 471 100%
1914 477 0.000336783 472 5 98%
1915 571 0.000311609 571 100%
1916 649 0.000335502 649 100%
1917 634 0.000315934 634 100%
1918 656 0.000302149 656 100%
1919 751 0.000355883 751 100%
1920 764 0.000337658 764 100%
1921 713 0.000305418 708 5 99%
1922 684 0.0002988 684 100%
1923 699 0.000303586 699 100%
1924 758 0.000318272 751 7 98%
1925 746 0.000319719 741 5 99%
1926 664 0.000289211 664 100%
1927 729 0.000314311 729 100%
1928 716 0.000316683 709 7 98%
1929 715 0.000326162 707 8 98%
1930 707 0.000317998 707 100%
1931 701 0.000333113 696 5 99%
1932 710 0.000336287 704 6 98%
1933 715 0.000357599 710 5 99%
1934 781 0.000376056 771 10 97%
1935 758 0.000362697 744 14 96%
1936 754 0.000362923 754 100%
1937 713 0.000334637 706 7 98%
1938 785 0.00035479 778 7 98%
1939 758 0.000344007 758 100%
1940 819 0.000355672 811 8 98%
1941 797 0.000327119 797 100%
1942 962 0.000352146 949 13 97%
1943 1065 0.000377317 1065 100%
1944 1169 0.00043456 1163 6 99%
1945 1477 0.000556747 1469 8 99%
1946 1704 0.000533282 1704 100%
1947 1853 0.00051439 1845 8 99%
1948 1587 0.000459665 1579 8 99%
1949 1737 0.000498454 1737 100%
1950 1729 0.000493527 1729 100%
1951 1707 0.000463388 1707 100%
1952 1574 0.000414428 1569 5 99%
1953 1583 0.00041078 1578 5 99%
1954 1492 0.000374808 1492 100%
1955 1488 0.000370603 1483 5 99%
1956 1410 0.000341981 1410 100%
1957 1312 0.000312222 1304 8 99%
1958 1215 0.000293911 1215 100%
1959 1128 0.000271285 1128 100%
1960 1095 0.000263613 1084 11 98%
1961 1054 0.000254448 1048 6 99%
1962 958 0.000237401 951 7 99%
1963 940 0.000237482 940 100%
1964 758 0.000194979 752 6 98%
1965 620 0.000171013 620 100%
1966 603 0.000173492 595 8 97%
1967 554 0.000163186 554 100%
1968 490 0.000145039 490 100%
1969 504 0.000145022 498 6 98%
1970 481 0.00013337 475 6 98%
1971 459 0.000133727 454 5 98%
1972 447 0.000142221 441 6 97%
1973 394 0.000130598 389 5 97%
1974 362 0.000119079 354 8 96%
1975 357 0.000118236 351 6 97%
1976 369 0.00012161 360 9 95%
1977 353 0.000111129 353 100%
1978 303 0.000095467 303 100%
1979 330 0.000099188 330 100%
1980 316 0.00009174 316 100%
1981 338 0.000097706 338 100%
1982 345 0.000098348 335 10 94%
1983 309 0.00008922 309 100%
1984 306 0.00008771 306 100%
1985 299 0.000083774 299 100%
1986 297 0.000083495 297 100%
1987 275 0.00007627 268 7 95%
1988 317 0.000085791 317 100%
1989 299 0.000077775 294 5 97%
1990 323 0.000081721 323 100%
1991 321 0.000082408 321 100%
1992 304 0.00007914 304 100%
1993 270 0.000071613 270 100%
1994 285 0.000076661 285 100%
1995 248 0.00006772 248 100%
1996 231 0.000063336 231 100%
1997 238 0.000065642 238 100%
1998 210 0.000057093 210 100%
1999 207 0.000056039 207 100%
2000 208 0.000055028 208 100%
2001 214 0.000057167 214 100%
2002 236 0.00006313 236 100%
2003 195 0.000051284 195 100%
2004 223 0.000058363 223 100%
2005 226 0.00005878 226 100%
2006 186 0.000047015 186 100%
2007 170 0.000042525 170 100%
2008 201 0.000051136 201 100%
2009 203 0.000053139 203 100%
2010 155 0.00004194 155 100%
2011 138 0.000037728 138 100%
2012 163 0.000044568 163 100%
2013 148 0.000040596 148 100%
2014 165 0.000044518 165 100%
2015 170 0.000045935 170 100%
2016 158 0.000043067 158 100%
2017 132 0.000036911 132 100%
2018 124 0.000035268 124 100%
2019 141 0.000040623 141 100%
2020 111 0.000033228 111 100%
2021 128 0.000037781 128 100%
2022 151 0.000044633 151 100%
2023 138 0.000041677 138 100%
2024 138 0.00004146 138 100%

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