January — #9033 US girls' name

What the Data Says About January

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,160 babies named January between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, January currently holds the #9033 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 257 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that January performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,000 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, January shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 161 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list January in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for January 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 2,160 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.