Janith
Feminine
Janith is a rare name of the early and mid twentieth century, and it sounds like Jane borrowing the ending of Judith and Edith. Two syllables with a soft th at the close, it sits among the plainest and oldest names in English.
How old is the name Janith?
Janith first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Janith alive today was born around 1944, making them about 81 years old. About 400 people named Janith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Janith most popular?
Janith peaked in 1942, reaching #1349 nationally. See the whole 1942 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Janith
English has only a handful of women's names that end in -ith: Judith from the Hebrew, Edith from the Old English, and a few rarer ones. Janith looks like Jane trying on that ending, or Janet softened by the way it was said at home. Either way it keeps company with some of the oldest women's names in the language, and its quiet final th gives it a gentle close that neither Jane nor Janet has.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Janith may be Janet as it was heard, or Jane with the -ith ending of Judith and Edith; nothing records which. Jane and Janet both come from John, 'God is gracious'.
Pronouncing Janith
JAN-ith
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Janith
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most girls named
- 194236 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1349reached in 1942
- Change vs 1967
- −16.7%5 in 1968, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Janiths among us
people named Janith are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Janith sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to Jane and Janet, names everyone knows.
- Comes with Jan as a ready short form.
- Very rare, so a Janith is unlikely to share her name.
- People will hear Janet and write it that way.
- It reads as an older-generation name.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Janiths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Janith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Janith in 2025?
- Janith is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Janith with classmates?
- Janith will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
Jennifer#586 · Jessica#665 · Janet#2778 · Julie#872 · Joyce#1071 · Joan#1085 · Julia#131 · Jean#2117
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