Girl
Janis
Janis is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyVariant of Jan/Jane
EtymologyMeaning "God is gracious"
Births by decade
1900s
6
1910s
389
1920s
1,479
1930s
4,649
1940s
14,907
1950s
18,719
1960s
4,995
1970s
1,864
1980s
870
1990s
461
2000s
348
2010s
211
Peaked in the 1950s · 48,898 total U.S. births since 1900