January
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
January is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does January mean?
English
A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is January a girl's or a boy's name?
January is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is January in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named January, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 257 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named January than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named January in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
January in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,822 |
| 1981 | 109 | #1,200 |
| 1980 | 122 | #1,117 |
| 1979 | 216 | #748 |
| 1978 | 257 | #638 |
| 1977 | 165 | #872 |
| 1976 | 204 | #719 |
| 1975 | 89 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
Names like January
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harmony Serenity Felicity Kimberly Destiny Trinity Melody Ashley Jade Sunny Holly Raven
Names related to January
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “January: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/january, updated 20 October 2026.