Janei

JA-nay /ˈdʒæneɪ/
girl 2 syllables fading

Janei is a very rare variant of Jane that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.

Janei is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2007. Janei was first reported in SSA data in 1980 and peaked in 1997 (9 births).

About the name Janei

PronunciationJA-nay /ˈdʒæneɪ/
9peak births 1997
1980first in SSA data

Names similar to Janei

How popular is Janei?

Girls named Janei
1980198519901995200020052007
Girls named Janei per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1980–2007 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2007) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Janei total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
200799#12,044
200666#15,930
200566#15,283
200377#12,989
200255#16,531
200155#16,381
200055#16,048
199855#15,109
19979—#9,343
19966—#12,460
19958—#9,933
19938—#9,954
19908—#9,603
19898—#9,065
19885—#12,554
19876—#10,370
19828—#7,747
19806—#9,542