Janson Boy
How popular is Janson?
#5,397 boy name in 2025
17 baby boys were named Janson in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
Janson popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,397 for boys (▼ 700 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,285 in 2015, #4,422 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (35 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,733 in 1982 |
| First recorded | 1958 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janson counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jansen family of names ranked #2,104 for boys in 2025 (#1,740 the year before), with 51 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jansen | 34 | 67% |
| Janson | 17 | 33% |
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 Janson is most popular
Babies named Janson per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Janson by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,943 |
| 1960s | 18 | #3,594 |
| 1970s | 136 | #1,867 |
| 1980s | 199 | #1,733 |
| 1990s | 242 | #2,387 |
| 2000s | 221 | #3,445 |
| 2010s | 224 | #3,229 |
| 2020s | 125 | #4,180 |
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Questions
- Is Janson a boy or girl name?
- Janson is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janson were boys.
- How popular is the name Janson?
- 17 baby boys were named Janson in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
- When was Janson most popular?
- Janson peaked in 2016, when 35 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,733 in 1982.
- How many people are named Janson?
- 1,170 babies have been named Janson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,131 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Janson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janson was most common in Kentucky, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys 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.