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January

Latin roots

unisexfemininemasculineLatin script

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Origin: Latin
3 language contexts: English Polish Tagalog
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About January

January is a unisex given name documented in English, Polish and Tagalog. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Iānuārius via Middle English and Anglo-Norman.

2 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.

Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedang.

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Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (4)

Unisex usage · Wikidata Q20088016
Feminine usage in English · Wiktionary: January
Unisex usage in Tagalog · Wiktionary: January
Masculine usage in Polish · Greek Wiktionary: January

Explore all 3 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “January” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q20088016.

All pronunciation details (20)

/ˈd͡ʒæn.jə.ɹi/ — English (Received Pronunciation)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.jəɹi/ — English (Australia)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌæɹi/ — English (US)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/ — English (US)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌwəɹi/ — English (Dublin)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.jʉˌeːɹi/ — English (Australia)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi/ — English (Received Pronunciation)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.ɹi/ — English (Australia)
/ˈd͡ʒan.jʉuˌəɹi/ — English (Ireland)
/ˈdʒan(j)ʊwəri/ — English (South Asia)
/ˈdʒanwəri/ — English (South Asia)
/ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/ — English (obsolete)
/ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/ — English (obsolete)
/dʒən(ə)wəˈri/ — English (South Asia)
/ˌjãnuˈʷarɨ/ — Polish
/i ̯ãnu^(u̯)ary/ — Polish (Slavic alphabet)
[d̪jɐn̪.jʊˈwaː.ɾɪ] — Tagalog (no palatal assimilation)
[d͡ʒɐnˈɲwaː.ɾɪ] — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
/djanjuˈaɾi/ — Tagalog (no palatal assimilation)
/d͡ʒanjuˈaɾi/ — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)

02 / Across borders

Where January is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow January’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 9 girls (rank 10107). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: January

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 9; applications; Rank #10,107
Peak year: 1978; 257 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

January in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	7	4,385	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	5	5,673	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	5	6,245	observed
1960	6	5,696	observed
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	7	5,293	observed
1963	6	5,891	observed
1964	7	5,474	observed
1965	11	3,952	observed
1966	7	5,273	observed
1967	10	4,300	observed
1968	12	4,000	observed
1969	9	5,057	observed
1970	10	5,061	observed
1971	7	6,619	observed
1972	14	4,091	observed
1973	18	3,481	observed
1974	20	3,313	observed
1975	89	1,258	observed
1976	204	719	observed
1977	165	872	observed
1978	257	638	observed
1979	216	748	observed
1980	122	1,117	observed
1981	109	1,200	observed
1982	59	1,822	observed
1983	52	1,961	observed
1984	42	2,299	observed
1985	37	2,601	observed
1986	31	2,973	observed
1987	25	3,524	observed
1988	23	3,893	observed
1989	17	5,049	observed
1990	8	9,247	observed
1991	15	5,949	observed
1992	20	4,849	observed
1993	9	8,719	observed
1994	10	8,122	observed
1995	10	8,079	observed
1996	9	8,812	observed
1997	7	10,836	observed
1998	13	7,104	observed
1999	15	6,484	observed
2000	13	7,580	observed
2001	8	11,020	observed
2002	14	7,444	observed
2003	16	6,885	observed
2004	11	9,264	observed
2005	9	10,921	observed
2006	10	10,611	observed
2007	8	12,676	observed
2008	11	10,084	observed
2009	15	8,058	observed
2010	23	5,771	observed
2011	25	5,358	observed
2012	28	4,957	observed
2013	36	4,076	observed
2014	27	5,025	observed
2015	22	5,833	observed
2016	21	5,985	observed
2017	24	5,338	observed
2018	19	6,248	observed
2019	14	7,716	observed
2020	19	6,083	observed
2021	15	7,250	observed
2022	20	5,984	observed
2023	17	6,680	observed
2024	11	8,946	observed
2025	9	10,107	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “January” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

January Jones
born 1978
American actress (born 1978)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
January Suchodolski
1797–1875
Polish artist (1797-1875)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Krzysztof Krawczyk
1946–2021
Polish singer (1946-2021)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of January with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q20088016CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:En-us-January.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:Pl-January.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About January

January is a unisex given name documented in English, Polish and Tagalog. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Iānuārius via Middle English and Anglo-Norman.

2 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedang.

ang.

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (4)

Unisex usage · Wikidata Q20088016
Feminine usage in English · Wiktionary: January
Unisex usage in Tagalog · Wiktionary: January
Masculine usage in Polish · Greek Wiktionary: January

Explore all 3 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “January” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q20088016.

All pronunciation details (20)

/ˈd͡ʒæn.jə.ɹi/ — English (Received Pronunciation)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.jəɹi/ — English (Australia)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌæɹi/ — English (US)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/ — English (US)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌwəɹi/ — English (Dublin)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.jʉˌeːɹi/ — English (Australia)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi/ — English (Received Pronunciation)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.ɹi/ — English (Australia)
/ˈd͡ʒan.jʉuˌəɹi/ — English (Ireland)
/ˈdʒan(j)ʊwəri/ — English (South Asia)
/ˈdʒanwəri/ — English (South Asia)
/ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/ — English (obsolete)
/ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/ — English (obsolete)
/dʒən(ə)wəˈri/ — English (South Asia)
/ˌjãnuˈʷarɨ/ — Polish
/i ̯ãnu^(u̯)ary/ — Polish (Slavic alphabet)
[d̪jɐn̪.jʊˈwaː.ɾɪ] — Tagalog (no palatal assimilation)
[d͡ʒɐnˈɲwaː.ɾɪ] — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
/djanjuˈaɾi/ — Tagalog (no palatal assimilation)
/d͡ʒanjuˈaɾi/ — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)

Where January is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow January’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 9 girls (rank 10107). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: January

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 9; applications; Rank #10,107
Peak year: 1978; 257 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

January in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	7	4,385	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	5	5,673	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	5	6,245	observed
1960	6	5,696	observed
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	7	5,293	observed
1963	6	5,891	observed
1964	7	5,474	observed
1965	11	3,952	observed
1966	7	5,273	observed
1967	10	4,300	observed
1968	12	4,000	observed
1969	9	5,057	observed
1970	10	5,061	observed
1971	7	6,619	observed
1972	14	4,091	observed
1973	18	3,481	observed
1974	20	3,313	observed
1975	89	1,258	observed
1976	204	719	observed
1977	165	872	observed
1978	257	638	observed
1979	216	748	observed
1980	122	1,117	observed
1981	109	1,200	observed
1982	59	1,822	observed
1983	52	1,961	observed
1984	42	2,299	observed
1985	37	2,601	observed
1986	31	2,973	observed
1987	25	3,524	observed
1988	23	3,893	observed
1989	17	5,049	observed
1990	8	9,247	observed
1991	15	5,949	observed
1992	20	4,849	observed
1993	9	8,719	observed
1994	10	8,122	observed
1995	10	8,079	observed
1996	9	8,812	observed
1997	7	10,836	observed
1998	13	7,104	observed
1999	15	6,484	observed
2000	13	7,580	observed
2001	8	11,020	observed
2002	14	7,444	observed
2003	16	6,885	observed
2004	11	9,264	observed
2005	9	10,921	observed
2006	10	10,611	observed
2007	8	12,676	observed
2008	11	10,084	observed
2009	15	8,058	observed
2010	23	5,771	observed
2011	25	5,358	observed
2012	28	4,957	observed
2013	36	4,076	observed
2014	27	5,025	observed
2015	22	5,833	observed
2016	21	5,985	observed
2017	24	5,338	observed
2018	19	6,248	observed
2019	14	7,716	observed
2020	19	6,083	observed
2021	15	7,250	observed
2022	20	5,984	observed
2023	17	6,680	observed
2024	11	8,946	observed
2025	9	10,107	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

January Jones
born 1978
American actress (born 1978)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
January Suchodolski
1797–1875
Polish artist (1797-1875)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Krzysztof Krawczyk
1946–2021
Polish singer (1946-2021)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q20088016CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JanuaryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:En-us-January.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:Pl-January.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About January

Latin origin

Where January is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

January Jones

January Suchodolski

Krzysztof Krawczyk

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About January

Latin origin

Where January is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

January Jones

January Suchodolski

Krzysztof Krawczyk

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