Janet

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Janet: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Janet: Recorded since 1947, it reached #19 in 1954, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
140times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#19highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for
16names it appears alongside

What stands out in Janet's record

Appears alongside 16 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 55 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1031
1997	#1045
1998	#1571
1999	#1261
2000	#1475
2001	#1238
2002	#1192
2003	#1552
2004	#1383
2005	#1500
2006	#1748
2007	#1443
2008	#1247
2009	#1467
2010	#1993
2011	#2893
2012	#2095
2013	#1864
2014	#2314
2015	#2195
2016	#2547
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#2643
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2022	#3970
2023	#2346
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 43 of the 55 years from 1964 to 2018.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3985 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1947–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #308 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1966
Highest recorded position: #19 among girls in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1966).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Janet appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 43 ranked years and 1,453 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1947.

Janet across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Janet's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#106 (1964)	#86 (1966)	#896 (2018)	43 of 55	1,453 (1964–2018)	78 (1973)
Norway · Girls	#308 (1947)	#239 (1958)	#652 (1991)	39 of 45	355 (1947–1991)	17 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#1031 (1996)	#1031 (1996)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	360 (1996–2024)	23 (2008)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#36 (1952)	#36 (1952)	#82 (1965)	14 of 14	2,588 (1952–1965)	270 (1953)
New Zealand · Girls	#19 (1954)	#19 (1954)	#80 (1966)	13 of 13	2,253 (1954–1966)	275 (1954)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#314 (1997)	#344 (1999)	2 of 3	7 (1997–1999)	4 (1997)

Janet by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Janet in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	408	6 of 10	68
1970s	624	10 of 10	62
1980s	302	10 of 10	30
1990s	88	10 of 10	9
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010s	9	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 68 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1973 and 1974, when recorded births fell by 28, from 78 to 50.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Janet appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1947 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #19 in New Zealand in 1954.

Janet's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1045	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1031	19	High	Verified
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	154	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	190	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	162	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	202	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	214	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	238	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	220	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	270	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	255	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New Zealand	female	#80	80	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#80	79	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#65	113	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#51	145	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#54	138	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#41	176	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#38	180	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#32	213	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#32	199	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#29	213	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#30	203	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#23	239	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#19	275	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#652	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#622	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#659	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#565	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#505	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#535	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#311	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#491	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#415	9	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#363	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#434	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#554	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#402	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#293	14	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#356	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#258	17	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#393	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#289	14	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#378	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#341	10	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#284	14	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#387	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#397	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#340	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#243	15	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#342	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#271	12	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#239	14	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#320	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#306	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#243	14	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#307	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#348	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#386	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#394	4	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#365	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#308	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	16	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	15	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	25	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	20	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	29	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	24	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	36	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	28	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	41	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	39	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	45	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	63	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	54	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	61	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	59	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	58	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	50	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	78	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	68	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	65	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	68	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	76	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	69	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	59	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	73	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	75	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	56	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1947 and 2024, ranked in 76 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #19, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 275 births, registered in New Zealand in 1954.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1952, and 50 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Janelle · #50, 56y
Janessa · #2325, 15y
Janette · #58, 45y
Janey · #1722, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Suzanne · #19, 73y
Teresa · #19, 76y
Graham · #20, 73y
Kai · #20, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Dag · #19, 75y
Gustav · #19, 81y
Hedvig · #19, 76y
Jon · #19, 81y

Comparisons involving Janet

Existing comparison pages where Janet and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Janet in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Niamh vs Janet
In 1964 they stood at #109 and #106 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2018 they were #59 and #896.
Niamh · Janet · 43 shared years, 1964–2018 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking
Annie vs Janet
In 1964 they stood at #112 and #106 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2018 they were #73 and #896.
Annie · Janet · 43 shared years, 1964–2018 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking
Eleanor vs Janet
In 1964 they stood at #98 and #106 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2018 they were #142 and #896.
Eleanor · Janet · 43 shared years, 1964–2018 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking

Janet was ranked #19 in New Zealand · Girls in 1954. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Janet and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Janet without appearing here.

Janet moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Shauna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #4709.

Moved ahead of Janet

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1711.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2449.

Moved the opposite way to Janet

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 while Alice went from #57 to #33.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 while Ciara went from #146 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 while Clodagh went from #149 to #45.
Grace Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 while Grace went from #118 to #2.

Moved the same way as Janet

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 and Alma from #327 to #512.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 and Audrey from #85 to #568.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 and Eileen from #17 to #336.
Maeve Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janet went from #106 to #896 and Maeve from #80 to #114.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1947 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #19 in New Zealand in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Janet

Janet at a glance

What stands out in Janet's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Janet across 6 official records

Janet by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Janet appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Janet

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Janet

Janet and the names beside it

Janet moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Janet

Moved the opposite way to Janet

Moved the same way as Janet

Janet at a glance

What stands out in Janet's record

Janet across 6 official records

Janet by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Janet appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Janet

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Janet

Janet and the names beside it

Janet moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Janet

Moved the opposite way to Janet

Moved the same way as Janet