girl's name

Jannie

  • Origin Dutch
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 15,183

Jannie is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Jannie is a name of Dutch origin.
  • Peaked in 1924, when 281 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 331,565 babies in the United States is given this name.

Jannie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,540
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jannie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 257
1890s 547
1900s 879
1910s 1,800
1920s 2,495
1930s 2,109
1940s 2,540
1950s 2,017
1960s 901
1970s 421
1980s 337
1990s 231
2000s 184
2010s 110
2020s (to 2025) 29

How popular is Jannie?

In 2025, Jannie was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jannie is used

France #1,640 5 in 1960
Canada #2,938 5 in 2004
United States #9,670 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jannie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jannie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jannie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jannie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jannie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jannie

How popular is the name Jannie?

In 2025, Jannie was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Jannie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Jannie most popular?

Jannie peaked in 1924, when 281 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Jannie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jannie currently ranks #9,670 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.