as a First Name
Originally a diminutive of Jane, already in common use in the Middle English period. It remained in use in Scotland and in some parts of England well into the 17th century and was revived at the end of the 19th century to much more widespread use, while still retaining its popularity in Scotland. Since the 1960s, however, it has rather gone out of fashion in Britain.
| 77th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 576,568
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Janet per capita
- 1942
- marked the height of its popularity
99.97%
0.03%
63%
55+
55+
32%
30-54
30-54
3%
13-29
13-29
2%
0-12
0-12
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