How Many People Are Named Janus?
people named Janus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,670,194 people in the US has this name
Based on 168 babies named Janus in Social Security records from 1922 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "archway" in Latin. Janus was the Roman god of gateways and beginnings, often depicted as having two faces looking in opposite directions. The month of January is named for him.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Janus, 72.7% were girls and 27.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Janus alive today is about 57 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Janus first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1956, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Janus has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,975, in 1956. Among boys, its best rank was #4,620, in 1922.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,975 (1956) | #4,620 (1922) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,120 in the 1950s | #17,164 in the 2010s |
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