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How popular is the name Janet?
Births per year, rank history and how many Janets are alive today.
Janet (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 7 in 2024, ranked 3319th. The name peaked in 1954, when around 9,600 babies were given the name, the 5th most popular that year. It has declined since 1954; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 25,000 babies have been named Janet in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Janet you are most likely to meet is around 73 years old. Half of all Janets born in England and Wales are between 65 and 79, and there are at least 210,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 49% chance that at least one of them will be called Janet.
How many babies are named Janet each year?
Where does Janet rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Janet most popular?
Janet peaked in 1954, when around 9,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Janet?
At least 210,000 people named Janet born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Janet?
Most living Janets are between 65 and 79; the most common age is about 73.
Is Janet becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1954 peak.