Janil — girls' name
41 babies named Janil in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
41 girls have been named Janil since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 41
- total births
- 1988–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 78%
- born in that decade
78% of everyone ever named Janil was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Janil in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janil
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Janil between 1988 and 1999, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janil performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Janil shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janil 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 41 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.
Janil at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
41 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 9 births in a single year.
Janil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 32 births that decade — 78% of Janil's all-time total
Janil decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Janil's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
Janil by state
Where Janil concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 12.2% |
5 of 41 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1988–1999 (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.