Janita is a rare variant of Janet that peaked in 1963 and has since faded.
Janita is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #13,918 for girl births in the United States (and #23,170 across all names), given to 6 babies. Janita was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1963 (57 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | #13,918 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | #11,549 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | #16,194 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,214 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | #16,149 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #15,125 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | #9,183 |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | #8,231 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | #11,389 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #9,335 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #8,847 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | #7,677 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,646 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | #14,471 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #8,731 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #7,640 |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | #9,736 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #14,912 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #16,806 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #6,247 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #7,486 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,760 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #7,922 |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | #5,677 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #7,993 |
| 1996 | 20 | — | #4,948 |
| 1995 | 22 | — | #4,582 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | #5,823 |
| 1993 | 32 | — | #3,458 |
| 1992 | 30 | — | #3,612 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #3,566 |
| 1990 | 36 | — | #3,104 |
| 1989 | 37 | — | #2,950 |
| 1988 | 38 | — | #2,756 |
| 1987 | 29 | — | #3,206 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #3,082 |
| 1985 | 34 | — | #2,760 |
| 1984 | 42 | — | #2,319 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | #2,739 |
| 1982 | 43 | — | #2,301 |
| 1981 | 39 | — | #2,463 |
| 1980 | 32 | — | #2,820 |
| 1979 | 30 | — | #2,883 |
| 1978 | 22 | — | #3,427 |
| 1977 | 30 | — | #2,739 |
| 1976 | 25 | — | #2,957 |
| 1975 | 20 | — | #3,433 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #3,608 |
| 1973 | 22 | — | #3,057 |
| 1972 | 25 | — | #2,775 |
| 1971 | 26 | — | #2,754 |
| 1970 | 27 | — | #2,669 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #4,042 |
| 1968 | 23 | — | #2,661 |
| 1967 | 28 | — | #2,292 |
| 1966 | 32 | — | #2,073 |
| 1965 | 38 | — | #1,873 |
| 1964 | 36 | — | #1,990 |
| 1963 | 57 | — | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 26 | — | #2,380 |
| 1961 | 32 | — | #2,091 |
| 1960 | 37 | — | #1,865 |
| 1959 | 24 | — | #2,367 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | #2,349 |
| 1957 | 24 | — | #2,309 |
| 1956 | 16 | — | #2,975 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #2,502 |
| 1954 | 24 | — | #2,207 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | #2,392 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | #2,610 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | #2,424 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #2,210 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,914 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #4,024 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | #2,064 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #2,348 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,658 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | #1,935 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,935 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #2,475 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,743 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #4,074 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #3,012 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,648 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,373 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | #2,761 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #4,026 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,768 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | #2,299 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,492 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | #3,951 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | #3,247 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,659 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,708 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #4,003 |