Janalyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Janalyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 537 babies named Janalyn between 1946 and 2022, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janalyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janalyn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Janalyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Idaho. In total, SSA state-level files list Janalyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janalyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 537 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.