January is a girl's name of English origin meaning “wolf month.” In 2024 it was given to 11 girls in the United States.
January belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “wolf month” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, January first appears in Social Security records in 1951. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #638 in 1978, and in 2024 11 babies received the name — 2,160 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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January means “wolf month” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
January is a girl name. In 2024, 11 babies received the name in the US.
January comes from the English & American tradition.
January first appears in US records in 1951. Its best-ever ranking was #638 in 1978, and 11 babies were given the name in 2024.
January is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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