Janilee — girls' name
23 babies named Janilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
23 girls have been named Janilee since 1940, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1982.
- 23
- total births
- 1940–1982
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Janilee was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Janilee in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janilee
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Janilee between 1940 and 1982, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janilee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janilee performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Janilee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janilee 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 23 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.
Janilee at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1940
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
23 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 8 births in a single year.
Janilee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 8 births that decade — 35% of Janilee's all-time total
Janilee decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Janilee's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 1940–1982 (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.