Janyah

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

Peak · girls
2009 · 94 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,165
since 1997

Janyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janyah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #2,139, 2009girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#7,59414
2023#7,64014
2022#8,54212
2021#6,69117
2020#7,96913
2019#4,54630
2018#7,40915
2017#5,51723
2016#6,40119
2015#4,58430
2014#4,35033
2013#3,31448
2012#3,09454
2011#3,55044
2010#2,61469
2009#2,13994
2008#2,15793
2007#2,17791
2006#2,16589
2005#2,31477
2004#2,42470
2003#2,49765
2002#3,01448
2001#3,31641
2000#4,98123
1999#7,23913
1998#14,1225
1997#9,8028
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980—
1979—
1978—
1977—
1976—
1975—
1974—
1973—
1972—
1971—
1970—
1969—
1968—
1967—
1966—
1965—
1964—
1963—
1962—
1961—
1960—
1959—
1958—
1957—
1956—
1955—
1954—
1953—
1952—
1951—
1950—
1949—
1948—
1947—
1946—
1945—
1944—
1943—
1942—
1941—
1940—
1939—
1938—
1937—
1936—
1935—
1934—
1933—
1932—
1931—
1930—
1929—
1928—
1927—
1926—
1925—
1924—
1923—
1922—
1921—
1920—
1919—
1918—
1917—
1916—
1915—
1914—
1913—
1912—
1911—
1910—
1909—
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905—
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1997

The first year at least five girls were named Janyah! It came in at #9,802, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1998, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Janyah is popular in 1997

No state had 5 or more girls named Janyah in 1997, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Janyah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 291 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #7,885)
  • 84 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #7,885)
  • 3,301 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2009 at #2,139 (94 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 2 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 19,544
  • Highest: 1 in 19,544 girls born in 2009 were named Janyah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 59.3% of all girls named Janyah (691) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s26#7,239 (1999)#10,388
2000s691#2,139 (2009)#2,718
2010s365#2,614 (2010)#4,538
2020s83#6,691 (2021)#7,720

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.

Janyah in 1997

girls
#9,802
8 births · 1 in 217,589 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #9,802Janyah8
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 217,589 of them was named Janyah, which outranked 39.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janyah
  1. #9,017Zeana9
  2. #9,017Zitlaly9
  3. #9,017Zuleyka9
  4. #9,802Janyah8
  5. #9,802Aaliayah8
  6. #9,802Aamina8
  7. #9,802Aaren8
  8. #10,836Aaisha7
  9. #10,836Aaleah7
  10. #10,836Aaleigha7

Tied with 1,033 names at #9,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →