Janiah

Peak · girls
2008 · 367 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,598
since 1992

Janiah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janiah has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #795, 2008girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,64541
2024#3,22549
2023#2,70464
2022#2,92857
2021#2,55868
2020#2,17083
2019#1,98697
2018#1,748117
2017#1,863109
2016#2,01798
2015#1,743120
2014#1,515145
2013#1,281184
2012#1,346174
2011#1,070230
2010#914285
2009#911297
2008#795367
2007#888313
2006#827326
2005#889284
2004#952253
2003#1,032222
2002#1,109189
2001#1,257156
2000#1,88590
1999#2,22267
1998#3,42635
1997#4,00727
1996#4,45323
1995#6,25714
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1993#11,7806
1992#9,4918
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First appearance
1992

The first year at least five girls were named Janiah! It came in at #9,491, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Janiah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Janiah, so not publishedHITexas: #3,285 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,108 girlsTXFlorida: #1,545 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,845 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,545 · 1 in 10,845
  2. Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108

Best ever in a state: #294 in Mississippi, 2006.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Janiah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,475 spots since 2020 (#2,170 → #3,645)
  • Biggest jump: 93 spots in 2008
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 2011
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1992
  • Peaked 2008 at #795 (367 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2004–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,152
  • Highest: 1 in 5,152 girls born in 2008 were named Janiah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 54.3% of all girls named Janiah (2,497) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s180#2,222 (1999)#5,948
2000s2,497#795 (2008)#1,055
2010s1,559#914 (2010)#1,548
2020s362#2,170 (2020)#2,872

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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