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    The first name Janko

    A boy’s name.

    2 syllables Male

    Meaning and origin

    A male given name from the Slavic languages.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Janko at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2014, 5 boys born in the United States were named Janko, the 12,890th most popular boys’ name that year.

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    5
    babies named Janko since 1880
    #12,890
    rank in 2014
    2014
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Nicknames and spellings

    Other spellings and forms

    • Yanko

    Famous people named Janko

    12 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Janko Bobetko
      Croatian general (1919–2003)
    • Janko Jesenský
      Czechoslovak poet, lawyer, politician and translator (1874–1945)
    • Janko Polić Kamov
      Croatian writer (1886–1910)
    • Janko Alexy
      Czechoslovak educator, prosaic and writer (1894-1970)
    • Janko Drašković
      Croatian politician and poet (1770-1856)
    • Janko Vuković
      Commander-in-chief of the navy of State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs., 1871–1918
    • Janko Leskovar
      Croatian novelist (1861–1949)
    • Janko Janković
      Croatian footballer, born 1963
    • Janko Rodin
      Croatian footballer (1900–1974)
    • Janko Bozovic
      Austrian handball player, born 1985
    • Janko Popović Volarić
      Croatian actor, born 1980
    • Janko Pacar
      Footballer Fc Cartagena, born 1990

    Questions

    When was Janko most popular?
    2014 in the United States, when 5 babies were named Janko, its highest rank at 12,890th.
    What are other spellings of Janko?
    Yanko.