Janey Girl
How popular is Janey?
#3,458 girl name in 2025
44 baby girls were named Janey in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.
Janey popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,458 for girls (▲ 504 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 44 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,143 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (108 girls) |
| Highest rank | #778 in 1886 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Janie family of names ranked #815 for girls in 2025 (#857 the year before), with 293 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Janie | 168 | 57% |
| Janney | 23 | 8% |
| Janey | 44 | 15% |
| Jaynie | 8 | 3% |
| Jani | 14 | 5% |
| Jaynee | 6 | 2% |
| Jannie | 10 | 3% |
| Jahni | 6 | 2% |
| Janny | 8 | 3% |
| Janee | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Janey is most popular
Babies named Janey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Janey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #778 |
| 1890s | 18 | #1,263 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,537 |
| 1910s | 149 | #1,480 |
| 1920s | 237 | #1,376 |
| 1930s | 292 | #1,091 |
| 1940s | 736 | #790 |
| 1950s | 853 | #934 |
| 1960s | 538 | #1,231 |
| 1970s | 364 | #1,946 |
| 1980s | 384 | #2,007 |
| 1990s | 434 | #2,196 |
| 2000s | 423 | #3,016 |
| 2010s | 359 | #3,165 |
| 2020s | 219 | #3,458 |
Girl names about as popular as Janey
Questions
- Is Janey a boy or girl name?
- Janey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janey were girls.
- How popular is the name Janey?
- 44 baby girls were named Janey in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.
- When was Janey most popular?
- Janey peaked in 1947, when 108 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #778 in 1886.
- How many people are named Janey?
- 5,044 babies have been named Janey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,868 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 50.
- Where is Janey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janey was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.