Janeen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NEEN
- Origin
- Hebrew
Janeen is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Janeen mean?
Hebrew: variant of Janine, a pet form of Jane
“God is gracious”
A variant of Janine, a French pet form of Jeanne (Jane), which goes back to the Hebrew Yohanan.
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Is Janeen a girl's or a boy's name?
Janeen is a girls' name.
How popular is Janeen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 272 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the girls named Janeen in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janeen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1985 | 86 | #1,444 |
| 1984 | 89 | #1,350 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,328 |
| 1982 | 113 | #1,198 |
| 1981 | 182 | #853 |
| 1980 | 106 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 107 | #1,210 |
| 1978 | 134 | #1,014 |
| 1977 | 123 | #1,062 |
| 1976 | 123 | #1,016 |
| 1975 | 127 | #973 |
| 1974 | 155 | #847 |
| 1973 | 156 | #837 |
| 1972 | 180 | #769 |
| 1971 | 218 | #698 |
| 1970 | 272 | #625 |
| 1969 | 269 | #610 |
| 1968 | 181 | #732 |
| 1967 | 168 | #758 |
| 1966 | 156 | #790 |
| 1965 | 131 | #874 |
| 1964 | 167 | #808 |
| 1963 | 130 | #923 |
| 1962 | 155 | #846 |
| 1961 | 143 | #902 |
| 1960 | 140 | #877 |
| 1959 | 125 | #935 |
| 1958 | 114 | #968 |
| 1957 | 125 | #909 |
| 1956 | 128 | #878 |
| 1955 | 122 | #878 |
| 1954 | 152 | #753 |
| 1953 | 113 | #885 |
| 1952 | 141 | #746 |
| 1951 | 93 | #960 |
| 1950 | 84 | #996 |
| 1949 | 97 | #894 |
| 1948 | 74 | #1,014 |
| 1947 | 75 | #1,020 |
| 1946 | 72 | #984 |
| 1945 | 75 | #869 |
| 1944 | 50 | #1,103 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,341 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,569 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,401 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,413 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
Names like Janeen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Janeen
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Janeen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janeen, updated 20 October 2026.