Janalyn
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 537since 1946
Janalyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janalyn has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
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| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Janalyn! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Janalyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Janalyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1949 at #2,850 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 1 yr 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 95,741
- Highest: 1 in 95,741 girls born in 1978 were named Janalyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,850 in 1949, was only 1 in 131,606 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 21.8% of all girls named Janalyn (117) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #2,850 (1949) | #4,351 |
| 1950s | 98 | #3,106 (1951) | #3,937 |
| 1960s | 91 | #3,801 (1963) | #4,709 |
| 1970s | 117 | #3,712 (1970) | #5,278 |
| 1980s | 86 | #5,245 (1980) | #7,173 |
| 1990s | 36 | #9,586 (1994) | #12,139 |
| 2000s | 50 | #8,330 (2005) | #13,390 |
| 2010s | 30 | #11,615 (2017) | #12,508 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,592 (2022) | #13,592 |
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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