girls:
29k births since 1895
#837 (85th percentile)
boys:
33 births since 1961
#4553 (1st percentile)
overall:
29k births since 1895
#1497 (81st percentile)
The name Jayne is the #1,497 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 29,014 recorded births since 1895. This represents the 80.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #837 (85.4% percentile) for all time with 28,981 births since 1895. For boys, it ranks #4,553 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 33 births since 1961.
Jayne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1895 (1895 for girls and 1961 for boys). Birth data for Jayne is available in 119 out of the 129 years between 1895 and 2023 (119 years for girls and 6 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jayne has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.4% of babies named Jayne were girls.
For girls, Jayne reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 72.2% percentile (ranked #214) with 726 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 726 births per million (ranked 72.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jayne ranks #888 for girls (6.2% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 5.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jayne reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #703) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Jayne ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 90.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jayne".
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