Janney
Girl · JAY-nee · Hebrew
Janney is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Janney mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Janey; pet form of Jane
“God is gracious”
A pet form of Jane, the English feminine form of John.
- Say it
- JAY-nee
Meaning borrowed from Janey. More on Wiktionary.
Is Janney a girl's or a boy's name?
Janney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Janney, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,196th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 224 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Janney than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Janney in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 271 girls in the US were given Janney or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #880, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
Janney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,196 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 128 | #1,661 |
| 2013 | 224 | #1,093 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Janney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley Wrenley Haisley Paisley Adley Ensley Kinsley Finley Hadley Journey Everly Henley
Other spellings of Janney
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