How Many People Are Named Janina?
An estimated 2,264 people in the United States have the first name Janina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 41 years old, and Janina peaked in popularity in 1980 with 77 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janina 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 Janina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,264
About 1 in 151,393 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
41
years old
Peak Year
1980
77 births
Total Registered
2,918
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janina
Janina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,918 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Janina as a female name
Ranked #7,360 in 2024
15 female births in 2024
Peak: 1980 (77 births)
Janina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janina span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 571 babies were registered. Janina has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Janina by Decade
How has Janina 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.
Janina by State
Birth registrations for Janina span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Illinois. The lowest are in Maryland, Connecticut, Michigan. On average, about 82 Janinas were registered per state.
Janina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Janina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janina?
We estimate approximately 2,264 people named Janina 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 151,393 Americans share this first name.
Is Janina a common name?
Janina is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,918 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janina most popular?
Janina reached peak popularity in 1980, when 77 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janina is approximately 41 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janina a female name?
Janina is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janina Smith, Janina Johnson, Janina 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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