Janet Name Popularity

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How popular is Janet?

In 2018 the uncommon name Janet, ranked the 1,412th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Janet is currently less popular.

Position 16, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1938.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1954 with 18,470 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Janet was 28 in 1880.

Approximately during the years 1882-1891, 1902-1920, 1925-1937, 1938-1942, and 1943-1952, the name Janet took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1955-1975, 1979-1984, 1990-1997, and 2006-2014.

The popularity trend for Janet has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Janet for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Janet?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Janet is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Janet is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Janet (Girl)		Janet (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		157	1,412	< 5	--
2017		169	1,363	< 5	--
2016		162	1,422	< 5	--
2015		154	1,484	< 5	--
2014		167	1,380	< 5	--
2013		189	1,260	< 5	--
2012		212	1,156	< 5	--
2011		268	954	< 5	--
2010		298	889	< 5	--
2009		353	805	< 5	--
2008		415	718	< 5	--
2007		449	660	< 5	--
2006		523	562	< 5	--
2005		512	561	< 5	--
2004		672	452	< 5	--
2003		564	508	< 5	--
2002		630	457	< 5	--
2001		696	412	< 5	--
2000		686	411	< 5	--
1999		646	429	< 5	--
1998		759	373	< 5	--
1997		757	365	< 5	--
1996		826	338	< 5	--
1995		928	297	6	8,240
1994		1,007	278	9	6,053
1993		1,068	259	< 5	--
1992		1,197	230	8	6,357
1991		1,186	236	15	3,896
1990		1,282	223	9	5,557
1989		1,210	227	21	2,941
1988		1,178	220	13	3,780
1987		1,312	204	18	2,884
1986		1,236	214	23	2,383
1985		1,242	207	15	3,129
1984		1,266	207	8	4,729
1983		1,398	190	12	3,503
1982		1,499	182	14	3,185
1981		1,568	176	14	3,108
1980		1,610	172	13	3,333
1979		1,746	160	7	5,063
1978		1,731	158	10	3,707
1977		1,944	147	8	4,353
1976		1,878	142	10	3,589
1975		1,950	139	6	5,078
1974		2,176	130	11	3,214
1973		2,521	119	12	2,926
1972		2,953	111	9	3,460
1971		3,394	112	15	2,496
1970		4,158	96	10	3,161
1969		4,383	84	27	1,584
1968		4,835	73	13	2,383
1967		5,655	61	15	2,080
1966		6,433	57	20	1,738
1965		7,654	55	23	1,644
1964		9,254	48	26	1,557
1963		10,667	40	27	1,523
1962		12,254	35	30	1,438
1961		13,929	32	29	1,504
1960		14,251	32	25	1,638
1959		14,957	28	29	1,479
1958		14,818	28	32	1,381
1957		15,749	23	35	1,331
1956		16,764	21	37	1,272
1955		17,914	20	28	1,472
1954		18,470	19	30	1,398
1953		17,773	19	35	1,268
1952		17,923	19	29	1,420
1951		16,948	19	25	1,503
1950		16,192	18	30	1,327
1949		14,858	23	27	1,420
1948		13,978	24	25	1,473
1947		15,234	23	30	1,347
1946		14,143	21	30	1,287
1945		12,326	21	36	1,092
1944		12,591	21	36	1,116
1943		13,316	20	46	987
1942		13,060	19	39	1,099
1941		11,137	18	30	1,220
1940		10,104	19	39	1,039
1939		10,115	17	30	1,209
1938		9,868	16	32	1,157
1937		9,363	18	42	973
1936		8,082	21	35	1,108
1935		7,855	22	30	1,236
1934		8,068	21	26	1,340
1933		7,342	25	23	1,427
1932		5,786	35	29	1,275
1931		4,947	45	22	1,513
1930		4,601	53	11	2,524
1929		3,052	82	10	2,683
1928		2,783	95	9	2,948
1927		2,544	111	7	3,627
1926		2,468	110	6	3,943
1925		2,429	111	10	2,844
1924		2,295	118	5	4,658
1923		2,221	121	< 5	--
1922		2,004	129	< 5	--
1921		2,123	124	< 5	--
1920		2,057	124	< 5	--
1919		1,864	126	6	3,938
1918		1,812	129	< 5	--
1917		1,585	136	5	4,266
1916		1,449	142	< 5	--
1915		1,173	158	< 5	--
1914		883	163	< 5	--
1913		712	162	< 5	--
1912		553	177	< 5	--
1911		386	186	< 5	--
1910		296	217	< 5	--
1909		242	232	< 5	--
1908		231	226	< 5	--
1907		197	238	< 5	--
1906		139	282	< 5	--
1905		154	263	< 5	--
1904		128	278	< 5	--
1903		119	289	< 5	--
1902		115	294	< 5	--
1901		108	288	< 5	--
1900		108	326	< 5	--
1899		80	337	< 5	--
1898		122	277	< 5	--
1897		103	279	< 5	--
1896		102	290	< 5	--
1895		92	302	< 5	--
1894		89	293	< 5	--
1893		72	318	< 5	--
1892		78	308	< 5	--
1891		84	269	< 5	--
1890		76	287	< 5	--
1889		57	327	< 5	--
1888		68	284	< 5	--
1887		58	281	< 5	--
1886		56	278	< 5	--
1885		46	294	< 5	--
1884		40	308	< 5	--
1883		44	272	< 5	--
1882		35	297	< 5	--
1881		29	294	< 5	--
1880		28	299	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.