Janissa
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 27 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 519since 1977
Janissa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janissa has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
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| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five girls were named Janissa! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1987, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Janissa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Janissa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
- 5,461 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1994 at #3,892 (27 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 66,139
- Highest: 1 in 66,139 girls born in 1994 were named Janissa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.1% of all girls named Janissa (203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #9,652 (1977) | #9,701 |
| 1980s | 17 | #6,277 (1988) | #9,320 |
| 1990s | 170 | #3,892 (1994) | #5,850 |
| 2000s | 203 | #4,621 (2002) | #6,295 |
| 2010s | 93 | #7,372 (2013) | #9,595 |
| 2020s | 26 | #11,146 (2021) | #12,935 |
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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