Girls' name · since 1947
Janda
Janda has 254 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Janda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 254 have been recorded since 1947.
Janda has 254 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1989.
- #17,455 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 254 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janda ranks #17,455 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 254 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Janda's 254 recorded births place it above 75.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janda's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1989
- Peak year (1957)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Janda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (69 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Janda's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Janda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
50 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
69 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 69 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Janda's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 1980s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Janda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.