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The first name Janne

A girl’s name.

1 syllable Female

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Janne at birth, 1880–2025

In 2008, 5 girls born in the United States were named Janne, the 18,728th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1951, when 21 were.

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511
babies named Janne since 1880
#18,728
rank in 2008
1951
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.

Famous people named Janne

27 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Janne Ahonen
    Finnish ski jumper, born 1977
  • Janne Happonen
    Finnish ski jumper, born 1984
  • Janne Lahtela
    Finnish male freestyle skier, born 1974
  • Janne Kolling
    Danish handball player, born 1968
  • Janne Holmén
    Finnish athletics competitor, historian and university teacher, born 1977
  • Janne Lundblad
    Equestrian (1887–1940)
  • Janne Niskala
    Finnish ice hockey player, born 1981
  • Janne Wirman
    Finnish keyboardist, born 1979
  • Janne Teller
    Danish author, born 1964
  • Janne Saarinen
    Finnish footballer, born 1977
  • Janne Korpi
    Finland snowboarder, born 1986
  • Janne Laukkanen
    Finnish ice hockey player, born 1970

Questions

Is Janne a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 511 US babies named Janne since 1880 were girls.
When was Janne most popular?
1951 in the United States, when 21 babies were named Janne, its highest rank at 2,215th.