Janney Girl
How popular is Janney?
#5,409 girl name in 2025
23 baby girls were named Janney in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
Janney popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,409 for girls (▼ 1517 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,177 in 2015, #2,196 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (224 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,093 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janney counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Janie family of names ranked #815 for girls in 2025 (#857 the year before), with 293 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Janie | 168 | 57% |
| Janney | 23 | 8% |
| Janey | 44 | 15% |
| Jaynie | 8 | 3% |
| Jani | 14 | 5% |
| Jaynee | 6 | 2% |
| Jannie | 10 | 3% |
| Jahni | 6 | 2% |
| Janny | 8 | 3% |
| Janee | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Janney is most popular
Babies named Janney per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (70 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Janney by decade
Girl names about as popular as Janney
Questions
- Is Janney a boy or girl name?
- Janney is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janney were girls.
- How popular is the name Janney?
- 23 baby girls were named Janney in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
- When was Janney most popular?
- Janney peaked in 2013, when 224 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,093 in 2013.
- How many people are named Janney?
- 1,029 babies have been named Janney in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,022 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Janney most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janney was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.