Janlyn — girls' name
26 babies named Janlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 girls have been named Janlyn since 1948, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1986.
- 26
- total births
- 1948–1986
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Janlyn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Janlyn in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Janlyn between 1948 and 1986, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janlyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Janlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janlyn 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 26 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.
Janlyn at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1948
- Peak year (1949)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
26 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 6 births in a single year.
Janlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 11 births that decade — 42% of Janlyn's all-time total
Janlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Janlyn's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1948–1986 (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.