Janet was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #16 in 1938 but is far less common today.
Janet is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,791 for girl births in the United States (and #4,920 across all names), given to 61 babies. Janet was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1954 (18,477 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | #2,791 | — |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | #2,448 | — |
| 2023 | 97 | 97 | #2,027 | — |
| 2022 | 104 | 104 | #1,923 | — |
| 2021 | 92 | 92 | #2,078 | — |
| 2020 | 93 | 93 | #2,011 | — |
| 2019 | 123 | 123 | #1,704 | — |
| 2018 | 159 | 159 | #1,408 | — |
| 2017 | 171 | 171 | #1,358 | — |
| 2016 | 162 | 162 | #1,427 | — |
| 2015 | 155 | 155 | #1,481 | — |
| 2014 | 168 | 168 | #1,378 | — |
| 2013 | 189 | 189 | #1,261 | — |
| 2012 | 212 | 212 | #1,160 | — |
| 2011 | 269 | 269 | #953 | — |
| 2010 | 298 | 298 | #890 | — |
| 2009 | 353 | 353 | #805 | — |
| 2008 | 415 | 415 | #718 | — |
| 2007 | 449 | 449 | #660 | — |
| 2006 | 523 | 523 | #562 | — |
| 2005 | 512 | 512 | #562 | — |
| 2004 | 672 | 672 | #452 | — |
| 2003 | 565 | 565 | #508 | — |
| 2002 | 630 | 636 | #457 | — |
| 2001 | 696 | 696 | #412 | — |
| 2000 | 686 | 686 | #412 | — |
| 1999 | 646 | 653 | #430 | — |
| 1998 | 759 | 764 | #373 | — |
| 1997 | 757 | — | #365 | — |
| 1996 | 827 | — | #338 | — |
| 1995 | 934 | — | #298 | #8,243 |
| 1994 | 1,016 | — | #277 | #6,054 |
| 1993 | 1,068 | — | #259 | — |
| 1992 | 1,205 | — | #230 | #6,358 |
| 1991 | 1,201 | — | #236 | #3,898 |
| 1990 | 1,294 | — | #223 | #5,559 |
| 1989 | 1,231 | — | #227 | #2,942 |
| 1988 | 1,192 | — | #220 | #3,782 |
| 1987 | 1,331 | — | #204 | #2,885 |
| 1986 | 1,259 | — | #214 | #2,386 |
| 1985 | 1,257 | — | #207 | #3,131 |
| 1984 | 1,274 | — | #207 | #4,732 |
| 1983 | 1,410 | — | #190 | #3,505 |
| 1982 | 1,513 | — | #182 | #3,185 |
| 1981 | 1,582 | — | #176 | #3,113 |
| 1980 | 1,622 | — | #172 | #3,334 |
| 1979 | 1,755 | — | #160 | #5,065 |
| 1978 | 1,740 | — | #159 | #3,708 |
| 1977 | 1,953 | — | #147 | #4,353 |
| 1976 | 1,889 | — | #142 | #3,590 |
| 1975 | 1,956 | — | #139 | #5,075 |
| 1974 | 2,186 | — | #130 | #3,215 |
| 1973 | 2,533 | — | #119 | #2,926 |
| 1972 | 2,963 | — | #111 | #3,465 |
| 1971 | 3,409 | — | #112 | #2,499 |
| 1970 | 4,168 | — | #96 | #3,161 |
| 1969 | 4,407 | — | #84 | #1,584 |
| 1968 | 4,851 | — | #73 | #2,384 |
| 1967 | 5,672 | — | #61 | #2,078 |
| 1966 | 6,454 | — | #57 | #1,737 |
| 1965 | 7,677 | — | #55 | #1,645 |
| 1964 | 9,274 | — | #48 | #1,596 |
| 1963 | 10,694 | — | #40 | #1,523 |
| 1962 | 12,286 | — | #35 | #1,441 |
| 1961 | 13,959 | — | #32 | #1,505 |
| 1960 | 14,275 | — | #32 | #1,641 |
| 1959 | 14,993 | — | #28 | #1,479 |
| 1958 | 14,848 | — | #28 | #1,384 |
| 1957 | 15,788 | — | #23 | #1,331 |
| 1956 | 16,795 | — | #21 | #1,271 |
| 1955 | 17,948 | — | #20 | #1,471 |
| 1954 | 18,507 | — | #19 | #1,396 |
| 1953 | 17,805 | — | #19 | #1,296 |
| 1952 | 17,950 | — | #19 | #1,420 |
| 1951 | 16,972 | — | #19 | #1,503 |
| 1950 | 16,223 | — | #18 | #1,328 |
| 1949 | 14,887 | — | #23 | #1,419 |
| 1948 | 14,002 | — | #24 | #1,474 |
| 1947 | 15,266 | — | #23 | #1,348 |
| 1946 | 14,172 | — | #21 | #1,287 |
| 1945 | 12,362 | — | #20 | #1,092 |
| 1944 | 12,628 | — | #21 | #1,116 |
| 1943 | 13,362 | — | #20 | #989 |
| 1942 | 13,104 | — | #19 | #1,099 |
| 1941 | 11,166 | — | #18 | #1,220 |
| 1940 | 10,144 | — | #19 | #1,038 |
| 1939 | 10,150 | — | #17 | #1,209 |
| 1938 | 9,902 | — | #16 | #1,157 |
| 1937 | 9,405 | — | #18 | #974 |
| 1936 | 8,115 | — | #21 | #1,109 |
| 1935 | 7,886 | — | #22 | #1,236 |
| 1934 | 8,097 | — | #21 | #1,341 |
| 1933 | 7,365 | — | #25 | #1,429 |
| 1932 | 5,815 | — | #35 | #1,276 |
| 1931 | 4,970 | — | #45 | #1,514 |
| 1930 | 4,613 | — | #53 | #2,524 |
| 1929 | 3,060 | — | #82 | #2,682 |
| 1928 | 2,791 | — | #95 | #2,948 |
| 1927 | 2,553 | — | #111 | #3,628 |
| 1926 | 2,475 | — | #110 | #3,943 |
| 1925 | 2,438 | — | #111 | #2,845 |
| 1924 | 2,298 | — | #118 | #4,657 |
| 1923 | 2,221 | — | #121 | — |
| 1922 | 2,004 | — | #129 | — |
| 1921 | 2,123 | — | #124 | — |
| 1920 | 2,057 | — | #124 | — |
| 1919 | 1,870 | — | #126 | #3,938 |
| 1918 | 1,812 | — | #129 | — |
| 1917 | 1,590 | — | #136 | #4,266 |
| 1916 | 1,449 | — | #142 | — |
| 1915 | 1,173 | — | #158 | — |
| 1914 | 883 | — | #163 | — |
| 1913 | 712 | — | #162 | — |
| 1912 | 553 | — | #177 | — |
| 1911 | 386 | — | #186 | — |
| 1910 | 296 | — | #217 | — |
| 1909 | 242 | — | #232 | — |
| 1908 | 231 | — | #226 | — |
| 1907 | 197 | — | #238 | — |
| 1906 | 139 | — | #282 | — |
| 1905 | 154 | — | #263 | — |
| 1904 | 128 | — | #278 | — |
| 1903 | 119 | — | #289 | — |
| 1902 | 115 | — | #294 | — |
| 1901 | 108 | — | #288 | — |
| 1900 | 108 | — | #326 | — |
| 1899 | 80 | — | #337 | — |
| 1898 | 122 | — | #277 | — |
| 1897 | 103 | — | #279 | — |
| 1896 | 102 | — | #290 | — |
| 1895 | 92 | — | #302 | — |
| 1894 | 89 | — | #293 | — |
| 1893 | 72 | — | #318 | — |
| 1892 | 78 | — | #308 | — |
| 1891 | 84 | — | #269 | — |
| 1890 | 76 | — | #287 | — |
| 1889 | 57 | — | #327 | — |
| 1888 | 68 | — | #284 | — |
| 1887 | 58 | — | #281 | — |
| 1886 | 56 | — | #278 | — |
| 1885 | 46 | — | #294 | — |
| 1884 | 40 | — | #308 | — |
| 1883 | 44 | — | #272 | — |
| 1882 | 35 | — | #297 | — |
| 1881 | 29 | — | #294 | — |
| 1880 | 28 | — | #299 | — |