January
#4,252 most common girls' name of all time · #7,245 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1951–2025
Rank among girls
#4,252
Rank overall
#7,245 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
2,170
Since 2016
169
Peak year
1978 #639
Best rank
#639 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 257/yr
January first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,253 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,074 |
| 2023 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,733 |
| 2022 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,039 |
| 2021 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,323 |
| 2020 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,136 |
| 2019 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,800 |
| 2018 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,310 |
| 2017 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,378 |
| 2016 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2015 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,890 |
| 2014 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,063 |
| 2013 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,102 |
| 2012 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,003 |
| 2011 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,405 |
| 2010 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,818 |
| 2009 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,139 |
| 2008 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,206 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,861 |
| 2006 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,745 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,093 |
| 2004 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,386 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,960 |
| 2002 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,540 |
| 2001 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,198 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,686 |
| 1999 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,576 |
| 1998 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,212 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,058 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,982 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,242 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,278 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,900 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,909 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,043 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,474 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,138 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,948 |
| 1987 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,573 |
| 1986 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,009 |
| 1985 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,637 |
| 1984 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,320 |
| 1983 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,978 |
| 1982 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,842 |
| 1981 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,202 |
| 1980 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,119 |
| 1979 | 216 | — | 216 | #750 |
| 1978 | 257 | — | 257 | #639 |
| 1977 | 165 | — | 165 | #877 |
| 1976 | 204 | — | 204 | #720 |
| 1975 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,268 |
| 1974 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,374 |
| 1973 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,557 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,213 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,956 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,249 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,291 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,144 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,507 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,594 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,128 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,813 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,332 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,691 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,156 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,858 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,327 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,817 |