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Janaya

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Janaya is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
560.00% of girls
Peak year
2006198 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1973
3,896people given the name
Babies named Janaya, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,896 girls have been named Janaya in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 198 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 44%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Janaya
1970s134
1980s269
1990s624
2000s1,724
2010s863
2020s282

In 2006, its biggest year

Janaya was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.

Names that rose and fell with Janaya

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.