January
Rank in 2025
#10107
recorded as girls
Down 1,161 since 2024
Babies in 2025
9
girls 9
Peak year
1978
257 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
2,170
since 1951
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
January was most popular in 1978, when 257 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.17 per 1,000). In 2025, 9 babies were named January, ranking #10107 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 10107 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 8946 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 17 | 6680 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 5984 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 15 | 7250 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 19 | 6083 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 14 | 7716 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 6248 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 5338 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 21 | 5985 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 22 | 5833 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 27 | 5025 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 36 | 4076 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 28 | 4957 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 25 | 5358 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 23 | 5771 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 15 | 8058 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 11 | 10084 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | 12676 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 10 | 10611 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 11 | 9264 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 16 | 6885 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 7444 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 11020 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 13 | 7580 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 15 | 6484 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 13 | 7104 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | 8812 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 9 | 8719 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 20 | 4849 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 15 | 5949 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | 9247 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 17 | 5049 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 23 | 3893 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 25 | 3524 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 31 | 2973 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 37 | 2601 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 42 | 2299 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 52 | 1961 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 59 | 1822 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 109 | 1200 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 122 | 1117 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 216 | 748 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 257 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 165 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 204 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 89 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 20 | 3313 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 18 | 3481 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 14 | 4091 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 10 | 5061 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 9 | 5057 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 12 | 4000 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | 5273 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 11 | 3952 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 7 | 5474 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 7 | 5293 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | 5696 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | 6245 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 5673 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 7 | 4385 | <5 | — |
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