NameTides

Janie

Janie was the #1,326 girls' name in the US in 2025 (168 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Janie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Janie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Janie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,326 (168)#4,867 (4)——#1,974 (11)
2024#1,536 (139)———#2,975 (6)
2023#1,544 (138)#4,057 (5)——#2,366 (8)
2022#1,456 (152)———#2,315 (8)
2021#1,630 (128)———#2,616 (7)
2020#1,781 (111)—#765 (3)—#2,591 (7)
2019#1,528 (141)———#2,188 (9)
2018#1,677 (124)#5,666 (3)——#2,344 (8)
2017#1,636 (132)#5,765 (3)——#1,784 (12)
2016#1,456 (158)———#2,195 (9)
2015#1,388 (170)———#1,874 (11)
2014#1,391 (165)———#1,455 (16)
2013#1,496 (148)#3,536 (6)——#2,204 (9)
2012#1,408 (163)#3,681 (6)——#1,297 (19)
2011#1,577 (138)#5,785 (3)——#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1889 at #147.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Janie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,100 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Janie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Janie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JanieCanadaGirls#1,97411
JanieEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
JanieIrelandGirls—too few
JanieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JanieScotlandGirls—too few
JanieUSGirls#1,326168
JanieUSBoys—too few