Janai Girl
How popular is Janai?
#3,644 girl name in 2025
41 baby girls were named Janai in the US in 2025, making it the 3644th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Janai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,644 for girls (▼ 714 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 41 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,471 in 2015, #2,931 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (113 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,583 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janai counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jana family of names ranked #594 for girls in 2025 (#587 the year before), with 471 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jana | 181 | 38% |
| Jannah | 140 | 30% |
| Janna | 84 | 18% |
| Janai | 41 | 9% |
| Janay | 15 | 3% |
| Janah | 5 | 1% |
| Jahna | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Janai is most popular
Babies named Janai per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Janai by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #5,272 |
| 1970s | 113 | #3,147 |
| 1980s | 364 | #1,732 |
| 1990s | 738 | #1,583 |
| 2000s | 899 | #1,785 |
| 2010s | 677 | #2,202 |
| 2020s | 290 | #2,930 |
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Questions
- Is Janai a boy or girl name?
- Janai is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Janai were girls.
- How popular is the name Janai?
- 41 baby girls were named Janai in the US in 2025, making it the 3644th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Janai most popular?
- Janai peaked in 2006, when 113 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,583 in 1997.
- How many people are named Janai?
- 3,193 babies have been named Janai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,150 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Janai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janai was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.