Janis

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Janis: Recorded since 1963, it reached #223 in 1982, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#223highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
2005	#4798
2008	#4524
2024	#5891

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 boys in Norway in 27 of the 32 years from 1963 to 1994.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1963–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1963
First recorded at #478 among boys in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1963–1994
Highest recorded position: #223 among boys in Norway, in 1982 (recorded 1963–1994).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Janis appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1963, and has registered 338 births with the name.

Janis across 5 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.

Janis'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
Norway · Boys	#478 (1963)	#223 (1982)	#483 (1994)	27 of 32	338 (1963–1994)	26 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#3142 (1998)	#3142 (1998)	#5891 (2024)	4 of 27	14 (1998–2024)	4 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#306 (1985)	#446 (1987)	7 of 17	37 (1971–1987)	10 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#4432 (2008)	#2458 (2012)	#4789 (2022)	6 of 15	27 (2008–2022)	8 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#701 (2009)	#730 (2011)	3 of 3	9 (2009–2011)	3 (2009)

Janis by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Janis in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	2 of 10	6
1970s	96	10 of 10	10
1980sbusiest	199	10 of 10	20
1990s	32	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Janis 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 3 regions, from 1963 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #223 in Norway in 1982.

Janis'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#508	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#605	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#579	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#398	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#313	15	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#269	18	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#309	15	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#352	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#224	26	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#288	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#229	24	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#223	26	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#228	22	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#243	22	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#340	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#365	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#333	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#377	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#431	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#335	13	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#596	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#520	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#522	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#404	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#478	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1963 and 2024, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #223, first reached in 1982.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in Norway in 1982.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1971, and 35 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.

Janina · #2781, 19y
Janine · #31, 59y
Janita · #340, 30y
Janiyah · #2325, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Viktorija · #223, 44y
Elma · #224, 41y
Kristopher · #227, 37y
Eimer · #229, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Fionan · #223, 41y
Finton · #222, 22y
Leyla · #224, 50y
Lionel · #222, 33y

Janis was ranked #223 in Norway · Boys in 1982. 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.

Janis 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 Janis without appearing here.

Janis moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1976 they stood at #377 and #284 in Norway · Boys; by 1977 that had become #333 and #428.
Hugo Compare
In 1992 they stood at #605 and #425 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #508 and #598.
Camilla Compare
In 1980 they stood at #406 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #386 and #471.
Marilyn Compare
In 1980 they stood at #406 and #379 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #386 and #471.

Moved ahead of Janis

Ludvig Compare
In 1990 they stood at #398 and #465 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #579 and #325.
Scott Compare
In 1991 they stood at #579 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #605 and #353.
Phillip Compare
In 1990 they stood at #398 and #439 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #579 and #339.
Sebastian Compare
In 1970 they stood at #404 and #436 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #522 and #347.

Moved the opposite way to Janis

Lukas Compare
Between 1977 and 1994 in Norway · Boys, Janis went from #333 to #483 while Lukas went from #615 to #248.

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 3 regions, from 1963 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #223 in Norway in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Janis

Janis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Janis across 5 official records

Janis by decade in Norway · Boys

Janis appears in

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Janis at a glance

Janis across 5 official records

Janis by decade in Norway · Boys

Janis appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Janis

Janis and the names beside it

Janis moved ahead of

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