Janie is a familiar variant of Jane that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Janie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,329 for girl births in the United States (and #2,491 across all names), given to 168 babies. Janie was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (1,845 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | 168 | #1,329 | — |
| 2024 | 139 | 139 | #1,537 | — |
| 2023 | 138 | 138 | #1,545 | — |
| 2022 | 152 | 152 | #1,459 | — |
| 2021 | 128 | 128 | #1,633 | — |
| 2020 | 111 | 111 | #1,785 | — |
| 2019 | 141 | 141 | #1,533 | — |
| 2018 | 124 | 124 | #1,679 | — |
| 2017 | 132 | 132 | #1,639 | — |
| 2016 | 158 | 158 | #1,458 | — |
| 2015 | 170 | 170 | #1,389 | — |
| 2014 | 165 | 165 | #1,394 | — |
| 2013 | 148 | 148 | #1,499 | — |
| 2012 | 163 | 163 | #1,411 | — |
| 2011 | 138 | 138 | #1,581 | — |
| 2010 | 155 | 155 | #1,460 | — |
| 2009 | 203 | 203 | #1,229 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 201 | #1,253 | — |
| 2007 | 170 | 170 | #1,403 | — |
| 2006 | 186 | 186 | #1,284 | — |
| 2005 | 226 | 226 | #1,056 | — |
| 2004 | 223 | 223 | #1,039 | — |
| 2003 | 195 | 195 | #1,126 | — |
| 2002 | 236 | 236 | #946 | — |
| 2001 | 214 | 214 | #1,004 | — |
| 2000 | 208 | 208 | #1,017 | — |
| 1999 | 207 | 207 | #992 | — |
| 1998 | 210 | 210 | #971 | — |
| 1997 | 238 | — | #859 | — |
| 1996 | 231 | — | #862 | — |
| 1995 | 248 | — | #801 | — |
| 1994 | 285 | — | #732 | — |
| 1993 | 270 | — | #763 | — |
| 1992 | 304 | — | #710 | — |
| 1991 | 321 | — | #673 | — |
| 1990 | 323 | — | #667 | — |
| 1989 | 299 | — | #690 | #8,438 |
| 1988 | 317 | — | #626 | — |
| 1987 | 275 | — | #690 | #5,741 |
| 1986 | 297 | — | #626 | — |
| 1985 | 299 | — | #626 | — |
| 1984 | 306 | — | #589 | — |
| 1983 | 309 | — | #580 | — |
| 1982 | 345 | — | #550 | #4,074 |
| 1981 | 338 | — | #552 | — |
| 1980 | 316 | — | #583 | — |
| 1979 | 330 | — | #558 | — |
| 1978 | 303 | — | #569 | — |
| 1977 | 353 | — | #521 | — |
| 1976 | 369 | — | #498 | #3,846 |
| 1975 | 357 | — | #511 | #5,077 |
| 1974 | 362 | — | #497 | #3,994 |
| 1973 | 394 | — | #468 | #5,430 |
| 1972 | 447 | — | #435 | #4,679 |
| 1971 | 459 | — | #454 | #5,250 |
| 1970 | 481 | — | #456 | #4,468 |
| 1969 | 504 | — | #432 | #4,144 |
| 1968 | 490 | — | #429 | — |
| 1967 | 554 | — | #390 | — |
| 1966 | 603 | — | #373 | #3,100 |
| 1965 | 620 | — | #365 | — |
| 1964 | 758 | — | #347 | #3,806 |
| 1963 | 940 | — | #301 | — |
| 1962 | 959 | — | #299 | #3,451 |
| 1961 | 1,055 | — | #284 | #3,819 |
| 1960 | 1,093 | — | #274 | #2,604 |
| 1959 | 1,128 | — | #262 | — |
| 1958 | 1,215 | — | #246 | — |
| 1957 | 1,312 | — | #235 | #3,130 |
| 1956 | 1,410 | — | #215 | — |
| 1955 | 1,488 | — | #209 | #4,114 |
| 1954 | 1,492 | — | #205 | — |
| 1953 | 1,583 | — | #197 | #4,063 |
| 1952 | 1,574 | — | #189 | #3,979 |
| 1951 | 1,707 | — | #176 | — |
| 1950 | 1,729 | — | #164 | — |
| 1949 | 1,737 | — | #165 | — |
| 1948 | 1,587 | — | #176 | #2,887 |
| 1947 | 1,853 | — | #161 | #2,982 |
| 1946 | 1,704 | — | #158 | — |
| 1945 | 1,477 | — | #159 | #2,654 |
| 1944 | 1,169 | — | #186 | #3,276 |
| 1943 | 1,065 | — | #198 | — |
| 1942 | 962 | — | #212 | #2,093 |
| 1941 | 797 | — | #217 | — |
| 1940 | 819 | — | #213 | #2,759 |
| 1939 | 758 | — | #222 | — |
| 1938 | 785 | — | #218 | #3,015 |
| 1937 | 713 | — | #230 | #3,040 |
| 1936 | 754 | — | #216 | — |
| 1935 | 759 | — | #227 | #1,876 |
| 1934 | 780 | — | #223 | #2,655 |
| 1933 | 715 | — | #229 | #3,902 |
| 1932 | 710 | — | #229 | #3,560 |
| 1931 | 701 | — | #230 | #4,042 |
| 1930 | 707 | — | #229 | — |
| 1929 | 715 | — | #225 | #3,108 |
| 1928 | 716 | — | #234 | #3,524 |
| 1927 | 729 | — | #240 | — |
| 1926 | 664 | — | #256 | — |
| 1925 | 746 | — | #242 | #4,556 |
| 1924 | 758 | — | #243 | #3,668 |
| 1923 | 699 | — | #246 | — |
| 1922 | 684 | — | #250 | — |
| 1921 | 713 | — | #250 | #4,653 |
| 1920 | 764 | — | #235 | — |
| 1919 | 751 | — | #226 | — |
| 1918 | 656 | — | #251 | — |
| 1917 | 634 | — | #246 | — |
| 1916 | 649 | — | #244 | — |
| 1915 | 571 | — | #247 | — |
| 1914 | 477 | — | #245 | #3,494 |
| 1913 | 471 | — | #219 | — |
| 1912 | 416 | — | #221 | — |
| 1911 | 317 | — | #224 | — |
| 1910 | 377 | — | #182 | — |
| 1909 | 301 | — | #193 | — |
| 1908 | 284 | — | #196 | — |
| 1907 | 295 | — | #185 | — |
| 1906 | 265 | — | #187 | — |
| 1905 | 306 | — | #171 | — |
| 1904 | 272 | — | #179 | — |
| 1903 | 260 | — | #179 | — |
| 1902 | 262 | — | #176 | — |
| 1901 | 278 | — | #163 | — |
| 1900 | 330 | — | #167 | — |
| 1899 | 224 | — | #186 | — |
| 1898 | 235 | — | #191 | — |
| 1897 | 247 | — | #174 | — |
| 1896 | 223 | — | #184 | — |
| 1895 | 220 | — | #180 | — |
| 1894 | 246 | — | #165 | — |
| 1893 | 211 | — | #175 | — |
| 1892 | 242 | — | #159 | — |
| 1891 | 204 | — | #164 | — |
| 1890 | 220 | — | #162 | — |
| 1889 | 226 | — | #148 | — |
| 1888 | 206 | — | #154 | — |
| 1887 | 155 | — | #158 | — |
| 1886 | 149 | — | #158 | — |
| 1885 | 155 | — | #147 | — |
| 1884 | 122 | — | #160 | — |
| 1883 | 135 | — | #144 | — |
| 1882 | 134 | — | #134 | — |
| 1881 | 113 | — | #139 | — |
| 1880 | 96 | — | #146 | — |