# Janey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,044 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,044 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 117, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jane + -y, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 4,498 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,539 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,199 |
| 2014 | 43 | 3,615 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,180 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,884 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,435 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,819 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,204 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,303 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,052 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,851 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,507 |
| 2024 | 37 | 4,000 |
| 2025 | 44 | 3,490 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.