Janine
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Janine is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Janine mean?
French
A female given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Janine a girl's or a boy's name?
Janine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Janine, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Janine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Janine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 33 | #788 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Janine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Janine, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 1,380 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Janine in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,089 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,854 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,924 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,762 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,671 |
| 1999 | 122 | #1,429 |
| 1998 | 124 | #1,380 |
| 1997 | 138 | #1,271 |
| 1996 | 171 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 178 | #1,020 |
| 1994 | 193 | #960 |
| 1993 | 250 | #802 |
| 1992 | 288 | #733 |
| 1991 | 283 | #734 |
| 1990 | 337 | #658 |
| 1989 | 328 | #638 |
| 1988 | 366 | #565 |
| 1987 | 345 | #575 |
| 1986 | 376 | #540 |
| 1985 | 426 | #484 |
| 1984 | 507 | #422 |
| 1983 | 541 | #401 |
| 1982 | 560 | #410 |
| 1981 | 496 | #429 |
| 1980 | 507 | #427 |
| 1979 | 524 | #410 |
| 1978 | 484 | #417 |
| 1977 | 480 | #422 |
| 1976 | 495 | #408 |
| 1975 | 491 | #410 |
| 1974 | 541 | #385 |
| 1973 | 584 | #365 |
| 1972 | 594 | #367 |
| 1971 | 830 | #321 |
| 1970 | 1,044 | #281 |
| 1969 | 893 | #303 |
| 1968 | 882 | #295 |
| 1967 | 1,056 | #259 |
| 1966 | 1,238 | #238 |
| 1965 | 1,357 | #232 |
| 1964 | 1,240 | #251 |
| 1963 | 1,135 | #261 |
| 1962 | 1,289 | #246 |
| 1961 | 1,288 | #242 |
| 1960 | 1,380 | #231 |
| 1959 | 774 | #340 |
| 1958 | 459 | #445 |
| 1957 | 581 | #376 |
| 1956 | 578 | #363 |
| 1955 | 745 | #314 |
| 1954 | 813 | #297 |
| 1953 | 694 | #311 |
| 1952 | 564 | #345 |
| 1951 | 421 | #400 |
| 1950 | 327 | #445 |
| 1949 | 258 | #503 |
| 1948 | 277 | #481 |
| 1947 | 293 | #479 |
| 1946 | 188 | #583 |
| 1945 | 93 | #773 |
| 1944 | 58 | #1,028 |
| 1943 | 64 | #992 |
| 1942 | 56 | #1,046 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1940 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1939 | 55 | #953 |
| 1938 | 58 | #931 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,186 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,079 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,375 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,460 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,446 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
Names like Janine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Michelle, Holly, Darcie, Jessica, Robyn, Nicole, Amy, Janelle, Charlotte, Marnie, Amber
Names related to Janine
Jane, Joanie, Joanne, Jeanie, Janna, Janae, Jinan, Jeannie, Janie, Janiya, Janiah, Janai
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcy, Genevieve, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy, Bruce
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, “Janine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janine, updated 20 October 2026.