Janaya Girl
How popular is Janaya?
#2,607 girl name in 2025
66 baby girls were named Janaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
Janaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,607 for girls (▲ 323 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,555 in 2015, #3,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (198 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,164 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| 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 |
Janaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Janaya family of names ranked #1,641 for girls in 2025 (#1,970 the year before), with 93 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Janaya | 66 | 71% |
| Janayah | 17 | 18% |
| Janaiah | 10 | 11% |
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 Janaya is most popular
Babies named Janaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Janaya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 134 | #1,979 |
| 1980s | 269 | #2,217 |
| 1990s | 624 | #1,500 |
| 2000s | 1,724 | #1,164 |
| 2010s | 865 | #1,536 |
| 2020s | 349 | #2,416 |
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Questions
- Is Janaya a boy or girl name?
- Janaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Janaya?
- 66 baby girls were named Janaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
- When was Janaya most popular?
- Janaya peaked in 2006, when 198 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,164 in 2002.
- How many people are named Janaya?
- 3,965 babies have been named Janaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,919 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Janaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janaya 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.