Janelyn — girls' name
43 babies named Janelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 girls have been named Janelyn since 1998, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2014.
- 43
- total births
- 1998–2014
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Janelyn was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Janelyn in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Janelyn between 1998 and 2014, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Janelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janelyn 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 43 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.
Janelyn at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1998
- Peak year (2011)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
43 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 9 births in a single year.
Janelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21 births that decade — 49% of Janelyn's all-time total
Janelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Janelyn's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1998–2014 (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.