Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Janey was most popular in 1947, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,454 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,099, with 44 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,044 people named Janey.
Janey first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 125 of the 142 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,044 American births named Janey between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,848 are estimated to be alive today.
44 American babies were named Janey in 2025, ranking #6,099 that year.
Janey is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 37 births a year, against 39 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -3% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Janey is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 5,044 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,848 Americans named Janey are alive today — 76% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 50 years old, and half are between 26 and 70. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org