Janney
Janney was the 5472nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 1093rd with 224 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,280 places. More babies were named Janney in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,472 girls, down 3,265 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2013224 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,029babies recorded
Janney popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #5,472 | 23 |
| 2020 | #2,207 | 82 |
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How popular is Janney, counting every spelling?
Janney has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Janney?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Janney (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Janney born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Janney.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Janney?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Janney are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 13. That makes Janney a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Janney by state
How common Janney was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.9×), Texas (2.8×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Janney: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Janney, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Janney
How popular is the name Janney?
Janney was the 5472nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 1093rd with 224 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,280 places. More babies were named Janney in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Janney a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Janney in the US.
Where is Janney most popular?
In 2021–2025, Janney was most common in California (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Arizona.