January Name Popularity
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How popular is January?
In 2018 the rare name January, ranked the 6,324th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.This once, top 1000 name, January is currently less popular.
Position 638, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1978 with 257 occurrences.
The least amount of newborns dubbed January in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1961.
Approximately during the years 1971-1978, and 2007-2013, the name January took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1979-1989.
The popularity trend for January has been moving upward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name January has dropped.
What does the future hold for the popularity of January?
Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.
The name January is mostly unused and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.
Relative to what it once was, January has fallen out of favor as a given name.
for Percentages.| January (Girl) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | % | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank |
| 2018 | | 19 | 6,324 |
| 2017 | | 24 | 5,407 |
| 2016 | | 21 | 6,047 |
| 2015 | | 22 | 5,904 |
| 2014 | | 27 | 5,077 |
| 2013 | | 36 | 4,105 |
| 2012 | | 28 | 5,018 |
| 2011 | | 25 | 5,430 |
| 2010 | | 23 | 5,858 |
| 2009 | | 15 | 8,208 |
| 2008 | | 11 | 10,368 |
| 2007 | | 8 | 13,167 |
| 2006 | | 10 | 10,932 |
| 2005 | | 9 | 11,278 |
| 2004 | | 11 | 9,510 |
| 2003 | | 16 | 7,017 |
| 2002 | | 14 | 7,590 |
| 2001 | | 8 | 11,437 |
| 2000 | | 13 | 7,755 |
| 1999 | | 15 | 6,633 |
| 1998 | | 13 | 7,279 |
| 1997 | | 7 | 11,318 |
| 1996 | | 9 | 9,106 |
| 1995 | | 10 | 8,339 |
| 1994 | | 10 | 8,391 |
| 1993 | | 9 | 9,027 |
| 1992 | | 20 | 4,926 |
| 1991 | | 15 | 6,063 |
| 1990 | | 8 | 9,603 |
| 1989 | | 17 | 5,137 |
| 1988 | | 23 | 3,941 |
| 1987 | | 25 | 3,558 |
| 1986 | | 31 | 3,000 |
| 1985 | | 36 | 2,673 |
| 1984 | | 42 | 2,320 |
| 1983 | | 52 | 1,973 |
| 1982 | | 58 | 1,859 |
| 1981 | | 109 | 1,204 |
| 1980 | | 122 | 1,119 |
| 1979 | | 216 | 749 |
| 1978 | | 257 | 638 |
| 1977 | | 165 | 873 |
| 1976 | | 204 | 718 |
| 1975 | | 89 | 1,258 |
| 1974 | | 20 | 3,359 |
| 1973 | | 18 | 3,530 |
| 1972 | | 14 | 4,170 |
| 1971 | | 7 | 6,879 |
| 1970 | | 10 | 5,190 |
| 1969 | | 9 | 5,192 |
| 1968 | | 12 | 4,087 |
| 1967 | | 10 | 4,421 |
| 1966 | | 7 | 5,469 |
| 1965 | | 11 | 4,043 |
| 1964 | | 7 | 5,687 |
| 1963 | | 6 | 6,152 |
| 1962 | | 7 | 5,512 |
| 1961 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1960 | | 6 | 5,969 |
| 1959 | | 5 | 6,635 |
| 1958 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1957 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1956 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1955 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1954 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1953 | | 5 | 6,037 |
| 1952 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1951 | | 7 | 4,563 |
| 1950 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1949 | | < 5 | -- |
| 1948 | | < 5 | -- |
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| 1880 | | < 5 | -- |