Janalyn

Girl · recorded 1946–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1946

051019461965198420032022

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Janalyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19463
19483
19498
19504
19517
19526
19534
19546
19553
19565
19576
19584
19596
19603
19615
19626
19636
19645
19653
19666
19675
19685
19694
19709
19716
197210
19733
19748
19757
19769
19778
197810
19795
19808
19818
19826
19837
19846
19854
19865
19874
19883
19914
19923
19933
19944
19953
19993
20003
20014
20023
20043
20057
20063
20075
20115
20153
20165
20175
20224

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Janalyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
6
Rank in 2022
#13,592
How rare
1 in 273,355 girls
Since 1946
537

Janalyn was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Janalyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.