How Many People Are Named Janet?
people named Janet are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 939 people in the US has this name
Based on 558,291 babies named Janet in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
18,507 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval diminutive of JANE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Janet in English. Counting Janet and these spellings together, about 391,722 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Janet (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Janet alive today is about 67 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 76 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Janet first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1954, to 18,507 babies. In 2025, 61 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Janet never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #16, in 1938, and it was in the top 100 for 43 years, 1928 to 1970. In 2025 it ranked #2,791.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,791 |
| Best rank | #16 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | 43 (1928 to 1970) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #20 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Janet alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Janet were born in California than in any other state: about 34,224 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Janet was given about 1.3 times as often in Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts.
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