Janelda — girls' name
59 babies named Janelda in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
59 girls have been named Janelda since 1936, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1961.
- 59
- total births
- 1936–1961
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Janelda was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Janelda in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janelda
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Janelda between 1936 and 1961, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janelda performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Janelda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janelda 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 59 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.
Janelda at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1936
- Peak year (1939)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
59 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 6 births in a single year.
Janelda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 27 births that decade — 46% of Janelda's all-time total
Janelda decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Janelda's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1936–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.