# Janine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janine/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒəˈniːn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 33,519 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 33,508 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Janine and Jeannine under influence from Jane, from Jeanne + -ine, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, 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 | 34 | 4,290 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,949 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,425 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,830 |
| 2015 | 50 | 3,273 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,736 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,946 |
| 2018 | 54 | 3,025 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,967 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,229 |
| 2021 | 31 | 4,447 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,383 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,051 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,030 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,805 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | 4,214 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,735 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | 1,475 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1,870 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 10 | 1,952 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2,247 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Janine

- Janine Jansen, Dutch violinist and violist
- Janine Turner, American actress (born 1962)
- Janine Sonis, Canadian association football player
- Janine Lindemulder, American pornographic actress (born 1968)
- Janine Flock, Austrian skeleton racer
- Janine Darcey, actress (1917–1993)
- Janine Hanson, Canadian rower
- Janine Connes, French astronomer
- Janine Gutierrez, Filipina actress
- Janine Charrat, French ballet dancer, actress and choreographer (1924–2017)
- Janine di Giovanni, American journalist
- Janine Boissard, French writer

## 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.