Janos
Janos is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Janos
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Janos is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Janos
Janos first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1964, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1969: 8 births, good for #3,315 nationwide. About 31% of every Janos on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Janos last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 147 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Janos
Janos is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 147 births in the dataset. Janos's peak popularity came in 1969 when it ranked #3,315. Use the chart and map above to compare Janos'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.