The table below indicates the number of times the name January has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name January
Use of the Name January for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
842
842
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name January has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
January first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1976, which is the first year shown on the table.
January last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1979, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name January
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1976
713
205
1977
873
165
1978
638
256
1979
750
216
Totals:
842
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used January as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name January appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 4 times during the last 125 years.