How Many People Are Named Janny?
An estimated 506 people in the United States have the first name Janny. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Janny peaked in popularity in 1987 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janny 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 Janny paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
506
About 1 in 677,380 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1987
21 births
Total Registered
549
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janny
Janny is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 549 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Janny as a female name
Ranked #11,506 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 1987 (21 births)
Janny: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janny span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 132 babies were registered. Janny has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Janny by Decade
How has Janny 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.
Janny by State
Janny + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janny as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Janny
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Janny: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janny?
We estimate approximately 506 people named Janny 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 677,380 Americans share this first name.
Is Janny a common name?
Janny is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 549 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janny most popular?
Janny reached peak popularity in 1987, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janny is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janny a female name?
Janny is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janny Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janny Smith, Janny Johnson, Janny 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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