How Many People Are Named Janita?
An estimated 1,485 people in the United States have the first name Janita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 47 years old, and Janita peaked in popularity in 1963 with 57 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janita 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 Janita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,485
About 1 in 230,811 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
47
years old
Peak Year
1963
57 births
Total Registered
1,831
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janita
Janita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,831 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Janita as a female name
Ranked #11,505 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 1963 (57 births)
Janita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janita span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 356 babies were registered. Janita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Janita by Decade
How has Janita 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.
Janita by State
Birth registrations for Janita span all 8 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio. The lowest are in Florida, California, North Carolina. On average, about 15 Janitas were registered per state.
Janita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Janita
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Janita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janita?
We estimate approximately 1,485 people named Janita 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 230,811 Americans share this first name.
Is Janita a common name?
Janita is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,831 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janita most popular?
Janita reached peak popularity in 1963, when 57 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janita is approximately 47 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janita a female name?
Janita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janita Smith, Janita Johnson, Janita 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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