Janiyah

Peak · girls
2009 · 994 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,605
since 1995

Janiyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janiyah has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #333, 2009girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#783346
2024#884305
2023#866309
2022#895311
2021#746381
2020#722385
2019#685423
2018#657449
2017#599503
2016#563552
2015#538582
2014#569539
2013#476645
2012#438714
2011#400791
2010#351914
2009#333994
2008#355929
2007#432758
2006#462686
2005#478639
2004#570501
2003#721355
2002#1,060201
2001#1,295149
2000#1,85592
1999#2,22267
1998#3,64832
1997#5,22819
1996#4,45323
1995#7,51411
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five girls were named Janiyah! It came in at #7,514, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

Where Janiyah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,046 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,772 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #731 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,580 girlsMNIllinois: #797 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,030 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #638 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,978 girlsMINew York: #704 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,406 girlsNYMassachusetts: #395 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,717 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #916 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,651 girlsINOhio: #644 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,151 girlsOHPennsylvania: #813 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,244 girlsPANew Jersey: #846 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,438 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,323 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,985 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #573 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,595 girlsVAMaryland: #731 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,331 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedARTennessee: #645 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,916 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #780 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,874 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #773 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,658 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #437 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,642 girlsOKLouisiana: #677 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,728 girlsLAMississippi: #270 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 890 girlsMSAlabama: #520 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,035 girlsALGeorgia: #529 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah, so not publishedHITexas: #840 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 4,587 girlsTXFlorida: #435 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 2,018 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#270 · 1 in 890
  2. Massachusetts#395 · 1 in 1,717
  3. Florida#435 · 1 in 2,018
  4. Oklahoma#437 · 1 in 1,642
  5. Alabama#520 · 1 in 2,035

Best ever in a state: #72 in Mississippi, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#270101 in 890
Massachusetts#395141 in 1,717
Florida#435431 in 2,018
Oklahoma#43791 in 1,642
Alabama#52091 in 2,035
Georgia#529211 in 2,153
Virginia#573131 in 2,595
Michigan#638121 in 2,978
Ohio#644151 in 3,151
Tennessee#645111 in 2,916
Louisiana#67761 in 2,728
New York#704231 in 3,406
Maryland#73161 in 3,331
Minnesota#73161 in 3,580
South Carolina#77351 in 3,658
North Carolina#780121 in 3,874
Illinois#797111 in 4,030
Pennsylvania#813111 in 4,244
Texas#840351 in 4,587
New Jersey#84681 in 4,438
Indiana#91661 in 4,651
Washington#1,04651 in 5,772
California#1,323181 in 8,985
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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 Janiyah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 101 spots since 2024 (#884 → #783)
  • 61 spots since 2020 (#722 → #783)
  • Biggest jump: 339 spots in 2003
  • Biggest drop: 149 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2009 at #333 (994 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,848
  • Highest: 1 in 1,848 girls born in 2009 were named Janiyah (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,645 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 44.9% of all girls named Janiyah (6,112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s152#2,222 (1999)#4,613
2000s5,304#333 (2009)#756
2010s6,112#351 (2010)#528
2020s2,037#722 (2020)#816

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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