# Janie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janie/  
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 | Janey, Janeigh |
| US babies named this | 75,874 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 276 / 75,598 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 135, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jane + -ie.

## 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 | 138 | 1,581 |
| 2012 | 163 | 1,411 |
| 2013 | 148 | 1,499 |
| 2014 | 165 | 1,394 |
| 2015 | 170 | 1,389 |
| 2016 | 158 | 1,458 |
| 2017 | 132 | 1,639 |
| 2018 | 124 | 1,679 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,533 |
| 2020 | 111 | 1,785 |
| 2021 | 128 | 1,633 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,459 |
| 2023 | 138 | 1,545 |
| 2024 | 139 | 1,537 |
| 2025 | 168 | 1,329 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6 | 3,819 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,451 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,806 |
| 1966 | 8 | 3,100 |
| 1969 | 6 | 4,144 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,468 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,250 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,679 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,430 |
| 1974 | 8 | 3,994 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5,077 |
| 1976 | 9 | 3,846 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,074 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,741 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,438 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2,278 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1,983 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Janie

- Janie Eickhoff, American bicycle racer
- Janie Fricke, American country singer
- Janie Takeda, American softball player
- Janie Wagstaff, American swimmer
- Janie Dee, British actress
- Janie Terrero, British suffragette

## 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.