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Janie

Gender
Girl
Say it
JAY-nee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,326 for girls

Janie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,326th for girls in the US (168 babies).

What does Janie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Jane

“God is gracious”

Janie Crawford is the heroine of Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Janie a girl's or a boy's name?

Janie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 168 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Janie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Janie, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 20 girls.

Half of all the girls named Janie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 20 in 19962025
Janie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20235#4,251
20220–
20210–
20203#5,734
20190–
20183#5,896
20173#5,998
20160–
20150–
20141#7,592
20136#3,719
20126#3,881
20113#6,007
20106#3,715
20090–
20087#3,203
20078#2,790
200611#2,119
20058#2,555
20049#2,226
20038#2,320
20028#2,231
20015#2,928
20006#2,554
19996#2,559
199812#1,585
199710#1,780
199620#1,061

How popular is Janie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,326among girls
Babies in 2025
168about 1 in 9,600 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 168 girls in the US were named Janie, making it the 1,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,781st. Its busiest year was 1947, with 1,845 girls.

2025 had more girls named Janie than any year since 2015.

Half of all the girls named Janie in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 271 girls in the US were given Janie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #880, up from #1,326 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,845 in 19472025
Janie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025168#1,326
2024139#1,536
2023138#1,544
2022152#1,456
2021128#1,630
2020111#1,781
2019141#1,528
2018124#1,677
2017132#1,636
2016158#1,456
2015170#1,388
2014165#1,391
2013148#1,496
2012163#1,408
2011138#1,577
2010155#1,456
2009203#1,228
2008201#1,250
2007170#1,402
2006186#1,281
2005226#1,054
2004223#1,038
2003195#1,125
2002236#945
2001214#1,000
2000208#1,012
1999207#989
1998210#970
1997238#858
1996231#862
1995248#799
1994285#729
1993270#761
1992304#710
1991321#671
1990323#666
1989294#687
1988317#626
1987268#689
1986297#624
1985299#626
1984306#589
1983309#579
1982335#550
1981338#550
1980316#583
1979330#558
1978303#569
1977353#521
1976360#498
1975351#509
1974354#497
1973389#468
1972441#435
1971454#452
1970475#456
1969498#432
1968490#429
1967554#390
1966595#372
1965620#365
1964752#347
1963940#301
1962952#299
19611,049#284
19601,082#274
19591,128#262
19581,215#246
19571,304#235
19561,410#215
19551,483#209
19541,492#205
19531,578#197
19521,569#189
19511,707#176
19501,729#164
19491,737#165
19481,579#176
19471,845#161
19461,704#158
19451,469#159
19441,163#186
19431,065#198
1942949#212
1941797#217
1940811#213
1939758#222
1938778#218
1937706#230
1936754#216
1935744#227
1934771#223
1933710#229
1932704#229
1931696#230
1930707#229
1929707#225
1928709#234
1927729#240
1926664#256
1925741#241
1924751#243
1923699#246
1922684#250
1921708#250
1920764#235
1919751#226
1918656#251
1917634#246
1916649#244
1915571#247
1914472#244
1913471#218
1912416#221
1911317#224
1910377#181
1909301#193
1908284#196
1907295#185
1906265#187
1905306#171
1904272#178
1903260#179
1902262#176
1901278#163
1900330#167
1899224#186
1898235#190
1897247#174
1896223#184
1895220#179
1894246#165
1893211#175
1892242#159
1891204#164
1890220#161
1889226#147
1888206#153
1887155#157
1886149#157
1885155#144
1884122#159
1883135#142
1882134#133
1881113#139
188096#146

Names like Janie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elsie Annie Jessie Josie Alice Josephine Elizabeth Charlotte Anna Lottie Millie Rosie

Other spellings of Janie

Janey Janney Jani Janny Jaynie Jaynee

Names related to Janie

Jane Joanie Jeanie Janiyah Janae Junie Jeannie Janina Janiya Jayne Janiah Janai

More Hebrew names

Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Janie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janie, updated 20 October 2026.