Janie

“Variant of Jane — God is gracious” — Hebrew via French origin

Girl's name · #1329 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Janie holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1329 in 2025). About 76,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Janies

Janie Dee — British actress
Janie Allan — leading source of funding and a Scottish activist for the militant suffragette movement of the early 20th century
Janie Wagstaff — American swimmer
Janie Eickhoff — American bicycle racer
Janie Terrero — British suffragette

In stories & tradition

Janie Johnson — The Face on the Milk Carton
Janie — Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars

What Janies become

Among 78 notable people named Janie:

Entertainers appear 1.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Janie Dee, British actress.

Similar names: Janiya · Antonia · Janyla · Lani · Liza · Annie

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