Janalee
Janalee is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196231 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1934
- 1,033people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,033 girls have been named Janalee in the United States since 1934, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 31 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 20%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janalee | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 25 | |
| 1940s | 137 | |
| 1950s | 192 | |
| 1960s | 204 | |
| 1970s | 142 | |
| 1980s | 141 | |
| 1990s | 47 | |
| 2000s | 40 | |
| 2010s | 82 | |
| 2020s | 23 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Janalee was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Janalee
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ginnypeak 1958
- Sherilynpeak 1946
- Andrapeak 1959
- Ranaepeak 1962
- Sueannpeak 1967
- Tonipeak 1960
- Dreamapeak 1958
- Lynnapeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.