How Many People Are Named Janeth?
An estimated 4,226 people in the United States have the first name Janeth. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Janeth peaked in popularity in 2003 with 175 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janeth as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Janeth paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,226
About 1 in 81,106 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
2003
175 births
Total Registered
4,760
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janeth
Janeth is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 4,760 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Janeth as a female name
Ranked #2,697 in 2024
64 female births in 2024
Peak: 2003 (175 births)
Janeth: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janeth span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,513 babies were registered. Janeth has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Janeth by Decade
How has Janeth tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Janeth by State
Birth registrations for Janeth span all 13 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Arizona. The lowest are in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana. On average, about 215 Janeths were registered per state.
Janeth + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janeth as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Janeth: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janeth?
We estimate approximately 4,226 people named Janeth are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 81,106 Americans share this first name.
Is Janeth a common name?
Janeth is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,760 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janeth most popular?
Janeth reached peak popularity in 2003, when 175 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janeth is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janeth a female name?
Janeth is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janeth Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janeth Smith, Janeth Johnson, Janeth Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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