How Many People Are Named Janson?
An estimated 1,120 people in the United States have the first name Janson. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Janson peaked in popularity in 2016 with 35 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janson 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 Janson paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,120
About 1 in 306,031 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
2016
35 births
Total Registered
1,153
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janson
Janson is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,153 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Janson as a male name
Ranked #4,758 in 2024
21 male births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (35 births)
Janson: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janson span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 242 babies were registered. While Janson is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Janson by Decade
How has Janson 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.
Janson by State
Birth registrations for Janson span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Kentucky, Texas. The lowest are in Pennsylvania, Texas, Kentucky. On average, about 10 Jansons were registered per state.
Janson + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janson as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Janson
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Janson: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janson?
We estimate approximately 1,120 people named Janson 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 306,031 Americans share this first name.
Is Janson a common name?
Janson is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,153 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janson most popular?
Janson reached peak popularity in 2016, when 35 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janson is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janson a male name?
Janson is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janson Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janson Smith, Janson Johnson, Janson 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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