Girls' name · since 1936
Janelda
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.
- #33,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Janelda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 59 recorded since 1936.
Janelda has 59 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1961.
- #33,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1936
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janelda ranks #33,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1936, peaking in the 1940s.
- #33,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Janelda's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janelda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janelda splits its recorded history at 1947: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1936 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1939 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1961
- Peak year (1939)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Janelda by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (27 births, 46% of the file).
1940s was Janelda's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Janelda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
27 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 27 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Janelda's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 1960s (11) -- 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 Janelda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1939)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1936–1961 (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 Janelda 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.