Janay Girl
How popular is Janay?
#7,131 girl name in 2025
15 baby girls were named Janay in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
Janay popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,131 for girls (▲ 116 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 15 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,059 in 2015, #8,401 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1987 (596 girls) |
| Highest rank | #387 in 1987 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janay 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 Janay is most popular
Babies named Janay per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Janay by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #4,192 |
| 1960s | 69 | #3,655 |
| 1970s | 291 | #1,388 |
| 1980s | 1,596 | #387 |
| 1990s | 2,101 | #717 |
| 2000s | 1,061 | #1,519 |
| 2010s | 591 | #1,780 |
| 2020s | 104 | #4,409 |
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Questions
- Is Janay a boy or girl name?
- Janay is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janay were girls.
- How popular is the name Janay?
- 15 baby girls were named Janay in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
- When was Janay most popular?
- Janay peaked in 1987, when 596 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #387 in 1987.
- How many people are named Janay?
- 5,832 babies have been named Janay in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,719 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Janay most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janay was most common in Texas, at 0.0 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.