Is Janet a boy or girl name?
Janet is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 74 girls and 0 boys were named Janet, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 558,224 US babies named Janet were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,441
- Babies named Janet since 1880
- 558,224
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 18,507 babies
Boys and girls named Janet, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 461 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 898 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 1,541 | 100% |
| 1910s | 11 | 10,713 | 99.9% |
| 1920s | 47 | 23,972 | 99.8% |
| 1930s | 280 | 76,038 | 99.6% |
| 1940s | 338 | 130,754 | 99.7% |
| 1950s | 309 | 167,519 | 99.8% |
| 1960s | 234 | 89,315 | 99.7% |
| 1970s | 98 | 24,453 | 99.6% |
| 1980s | 151 | 13,521 | 98.9% |
| 1990s | 47 | 9,660 | 99.5% |
| 2000s | 0 | 5,501 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,905 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 458 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 74 | #2,441 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 97 | #2,027 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,935 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 92 | #2,077 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 92 | #2,024 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 123 | #1,703 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 159 | #1,408 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 171 | #1,358 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 162 | #1,427 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 154 | #1,489 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 168 | #1,378 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 189 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 212 | #1,160 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 269 | #953 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 298 | #890 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 353 | #805 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 415 | #718 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 449 | #660 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 523 | #562 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 512 | #562 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 672 | #452 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 565 | #508 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 630 | #457 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 696 | #412 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 686 | #412 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 646 | #430 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 759 | #373 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 757 | #365 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 827 | #338 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,241 | 928 | #298 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,053 | 1,007 | #277 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 1,068 | #259 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,359 | 1,197 | #230 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,898 | 1,186 | #236 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,559 | 1,285 | #223 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,942 | 1,210 | #227 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,782 | 1,179 | #220 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,885 | 1,313 | #204 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,386 | 1,236 | #214 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,131 | 1,242 | #207 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,733 | 1,266 | #207 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,505 | 1,398 | #190 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,185 | 1,499 | #182 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,110 | 1,568 | #176 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,334 | 1,610 | #172 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,065 | 1,747 | #160 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,706 | 1,730 | #159 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,353 | 1,944 | #147 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,590 | 1,879 | #142 |
| 1975 | 6 | #5,075 | 1,950 | #139 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,217 | 2,175 | #130 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,926 | 2,521 | #119 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,464 | 2,954 | #111 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,499 | 3,394 | #112 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,161 | 4,159 | #96 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,584 | 4,381 | #84 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,384 | 4,838 | #73 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,079 | 5,657 | #61 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,737 | 6,434 | #57 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,646 | 7,654 | #55 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,596 | 9,249 | #48 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,523 | 10,666 | #40 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,441 | 12,255 | #35 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,504 | 13,932 | #32 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,641 | 14,249 | #32 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,480 | 14,962 | #28 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,385 | 14,817 | #28 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,331 | 15,753 | #23 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,272 | 16,758 | #21 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,471 | 17,920 | #20 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,396 | 18,477 | #19 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,296 | 17,771 | #19 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,420 | 17,921 | #19 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,504 | 16,947 | #19 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,328 | 16,193 | #18 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,419 | 14,859 | #23 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,474 | 13,977 | #24 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,348 | 15,236 | #23 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,287 | 14,142 | #21 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,092 | 12,326 | #20 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,116 | 12,592 | #21 |
| 1943 | 46 | #989 | 13,316 | #20 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,099 | 13,064 | #19 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,220 | 11,137 | #18 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,038 | 10,105 | #19 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,209 | 10,120 | #17 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,158 | 9,870 | #16 |
| 1937 | 42 | #973 | 9,363 | #18 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,109 | 8,081 | #21 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,236 | 7,856 | #22 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,341 | 8,070 | #21 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,429 | 7,342 | #25 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,276 | 5,786 | #35 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,514 | 4,948 | #45 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,524 | 4,602 | #53 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,682 | 3,050 | #82 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,948 | 2,782 | #95 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,627 | 2,546 | #111 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,943 | 2,468 | #110 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,845 | 2,428 | #111 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,657 | 2,293 | #118 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 2,221 | #121 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 2,004 | #129 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 2,123 | #124 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 2,057 | #124 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,938 | 1,864 | #126 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 1,812 | #129 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,266 | 1,585 | #136 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 1,449 | #142 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 1,173 | #158 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 883 | #163 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 712 | #162 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 553 | #177 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 386 | #186 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 296 | #217 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 242 | #232 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 231 | #226 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 197 | #238 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 139 | #282 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 154 | #263 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 128 | #278 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 119 | #289 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 115 | #294 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 108 | #288 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 108 | #326 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 80 | #337 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 122 | #277 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 103 | #279 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 102 | #290 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 92 | #302 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 89 | #293 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 72 | #318 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 78 | #308 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 84 | #269 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 76 | #287 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 57 | #327 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 68 | #284 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 58 | #281 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 56 | #278 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 46 | #294 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 40 | #308 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 44 | #272 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 35 | #297 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 29 | #294 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 28 | #299 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Janet reached #973 in 1937. As a girl name, it reached #16 in 1938. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Janet
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.