Janalee
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,033since 1934
Janalee over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janalee has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
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| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
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First appearance
1934
The first year at least five girls were named Janalee! It came in at #3,802, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Janalee is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Janalee in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Janalee
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1962 at #2,113 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 63,439
- Highest: 1 in 63,439 girls born in 1962 were named Janalee (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 19.7% of all girls named Janalee (204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 25 | #2,206 (1939) | #3,450 |
| 1940s | 137 | #2,134 (1949) | #2,601 |
| 1950s | 192 | #2,168 (1957) | #2,577 |
| 1960s | 204 | #2,113 (1962) | #2,858 |
| 1970s | 142 | #3,276 (1972) | #4,509 |
| 1980s | 141 | #3,780 (1982) | #5,450 |
| 1990s | 47 | #6,465 (1990) | #10,286 |
| 2000s | 40 | #11,801 (2000) | #13,682 |
| 2010s | 82 | #8,008 (2015) | #12,211 |
| 2020s | 23 | #11,090 (2020) | #11,466 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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