A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME

Janet

/ˈdʒæn.ɪt/ · girl name · outside the top 1,000 in 2025
punctual · percussive · resolute

Origin & Meaning

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Originating as a Scots diminutive of Jane, the name attached a medieval suffix to the Anglo-Norman Jehanne. Scotland treated it as an independent given name by the fifteenth century. American registries recorded it sparsely in the late nineteenth century before postwar nurseries adopted it on a massive scale.
Also answers toJan, Janie, Janey

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025

SSA Data
1880 peak: 18,507 souls, A.D. 1954 2025
2025: 61 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
68 yrs
Most Janets were born around 1954 — predates the ZIP code.
Peak Reign
1954
№19 that year
Generation
Boomer, 62%
then Silent 17% · Gen X 14%
Rarity
Top 500 all-time
≈558K ever born · now falling
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Janet grew up with

SSA Data
duck-and-cover drills·TV dinners·transistor radios

Generation Distribution — Living Janets

SSA Data
Silent 17%Boomer 62%Gen X 14%Millennial 5%Gen Z 2%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data
SSA: Janet peaked in 1954.
Estimated average age: 68.

What people think

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First Impressions

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The name reads as someone who keeps a working landline and understands escrow. Hearing it today calls up someone born around the mid-1950s who witnessed the introduction of radial tires and interstate exits. It suggests a person who listens to an entire explanation before calmly pointing out the missing signature. The average bearer is sixty-eight and will not download an app to order coffee.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01
The name reached its apex in 1954, when about nineteen thousand American newborns received it in a single year.
Field Note 02
Roughly sixty-two percent of living Janets belong to the Baby Boom generation, giving the name an average bearer age of sixty-eight.
Field Note 03
Annual registrations fell to around sixty-one by 2025, down from an all-time total of about 558,000.

Notable Janets

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Janet Guthrierace car driver, b. 1938
Janet Renoattorney general, b. 1938
Janet Yelleneconomist, b. 1946
Janet Jacksonsinger, b. 1966

Adjacent Names

Carol · Linda · Susan · Brenda · Donna · Gail · Diane · Judy

Ephemera — If Janet were a…

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City
Hartford, Connecticut
Color
Cadet blue
Job
Credit union manager
Object
Heavy-gauge beige desktop stapler
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