January is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1978 and has since faded.
January is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #10,448 for girl births in the United States (and #17,718 across all names), given to 9 babies. January was first reported in SSA data in 1951 and peaked in 1978 (257 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | #10,448 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,200 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #6,778 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | #6,078 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | #7,416 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | #6,177 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #7,908 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,364 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,434 |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | #6,060 |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 | #5,913 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | #5,086 |
| 2013 | 36 | 36 | #4,111 |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 | #5,023 |
| 2011 | 25 | 25 | #5,440 |
| 2010 | 23 | 23 | #5,865 |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | #8,215 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #10,377 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #13,177 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | #10,940 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | #11,282 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #9,515 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #7,020 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #7,592 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #11,441 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,761 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #6,636 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #7,280 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #11,320 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,109 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,337 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #8,389 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #9,031 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #4,928 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | #6,063 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #9,607 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | #5,139 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | #3,942 |
| 1987 | 25 | — | #3,558 |
| 1986 | 31 | — | #3,001 |
| 1985 | 37 | — | #2,616 |
| 1984 | 42 | — | #2,320 |
| 1983 | 52 | — | #1,974 |
| 1982 | 59 | — | #1,836 |
| 1981 | 109 | — | #1,203 |
| 1980 | 122 | — | #1,119 |
| 1979 | 216 | — | #749 |
| 1978 | 257 | — | #638 |
| 1977 | 165 | — | #873 |
| 1976 | 204 | — | #719 |
| 1975 | 89 | — | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 20 | — | #3,358 |
| 1973 | 18 | — | #3,531 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | #4,169 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #6,881 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #5,194 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,196 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #4,086 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,423 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,474 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #4,045 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,687 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,150 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,512 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #5,969 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,639 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #6,037 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,563 |