January Popularity by Year
Follow January across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
January birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 9 | #10,107 | Down 1,161 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 11 | #8,946 | Down 2,266 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 17 | #6,680 | Down 696 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 20 | #5,984 | Up 1,266 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 15 | #7,250 | Down 1,167 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 19 | #6,083 | Up 1,633 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 14 | #7,716 | Down 1,468 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 19 | #6,248 | Down 910 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 24 | #5,338 | Up 647 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 21 | #5,985 | Down 152 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 22 | #5,833 | Down 808 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 27 | #5,025 | Down 949 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 36 | #4,076 | Up 881 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 28 | #4,957 | Up 401 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 25 | #5,358 | Up 413 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 23 | #5,771 | Up 2,287 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 15 | #8,058 | Up 2,026 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 11 | #10,084 | Up 2,592 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 8 | #12,676 | Down 2,065 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 10 | #10,611 | Up 310 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 9 | #10,921 | Down 1,657 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 11 | #9,264 | Down 2,379 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 16 | #6,885 | Up 559 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 14 | #7,444 | Up 3,576 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 8 | #11,020 | Down 3,440 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 13 | #7,580 | Down 1,096 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 15 | #6,484 | Up 620 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 13 | #7,104 | Up 3,732 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 7 | #10,836 | Down 2,024 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 9 | #8,812 | Down 733 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 10 | #8,079 | Up 43 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 10 | #8,122 | Up 597 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 9 | #8,719 | Down 3,870 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 20 | #4,849 | Up 1,100 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 15 | #5,949 | Up 3,298 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 8 | #9,247 | Down 4,198 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 17 | #5,049 | Down 1,156 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 23 | #3,893 | Down 369 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 25 | #3,524 | Down 551 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 31 | #2,973 | Down 372 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 37 | #2,601 | Down 302 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 42 | #2,299 | Down 338 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 52 | #1,961 | Down 139 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 59 | #1,822 | Down 622 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 109 | #1,200 | Down 83 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 122 | #1,117 | Down 369 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 216 | #748 | Down 110 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 257 | #638 | Up 234 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 165 | #872 | Down 153 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 204 | #719 | Up 539 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 89 | #1,258 | Up 2,055 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 20 | #3,313 | Up 168 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 18 | #3,481 | Up 610 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 14 | #4,091 | Up 2,528 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 7 | #6,619 | Down 1,558 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 10 | #5,061 | Down 4 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 9 | #5,057 | Down 1,057 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 12 | #4,000 | Up 300 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 10 | #4,300 | Up 973 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 7 | #5,273 | Down 1,321 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 11 | #3,952 | Up 1,522 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 7 | #5,474 | Up 417 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 6 | #5,891 | Down 598 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 7 | #5,293 | Up 403 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 6 | #5,696 | Up 549 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 5 | #6,245 | Down 572 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 5 | #5,673 | Down 1,288 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 7 | #4,385 | — |