Janifer
Janifer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Clarence Sumner Janifer (1886–1950), American physician Laurence Janifer (1933–2002), American novelist
Meaning & Origin of Janifer
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Janifer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Clarence Sumner Janifer (1886–1950), American physician Laurence Janifer (1933–2002), American novelist
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The Story of Janifer
Janifer first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1942, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1964: 14 births, good for #3,515 nationwide. About 24% of every Janifer on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Janifer last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 326 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Janifer
Janifer is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 326 births in the dataset. Janifer's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #3,515. Use the chart and map above to compare Janifer's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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