Girls' name · since 2000

Jaanai

134 babies named Jaanai in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,950 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,862 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
134
born since 2000
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Jaanai is the #15862 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 134 recorded since 2000.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaanai has been recorded 134 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #15862 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.

  • #23,950 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,862 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 134 born since 2000
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaanai ranks #23,950 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,862 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 134 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.

#23,950 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,862 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
134
born since 2000
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%8.2%
Jaanai vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jaanai's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Jaanai compares

134 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Jaanai's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jaanai Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 134 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Jaanai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jaanai's full recorded timeline at 2011, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jaanai popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2014)
13
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
468101214 2000200420072011201420192025 5

Jaanai by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 50% of the file).

2000s was Jaanai's strongest decade.

67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Jaanai births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Jaanai by state

Where Jaanai concentrates geographically, total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jaanai
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.7%
California share of Jaanai's total US births 3.7%

5 of 134 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaanai?
Jaanai has been given to 134 babies in the U.S. since 2000, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,950 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #15,862 of 17,297. 13 babies were born in 2014, its single highest year.
Where does Jaanai sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaanai ranks #23,950 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,862 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jaanai most popular?
Jaanai was most popular in the 2000s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Jaanai most popular?
The top states for the name Jaanai are California (5 births).
How long has the name Jaanai been used?
Records for Jaanai go back to 2000, giving 26 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Jaanai?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaaliyah, Jaala, Jaanvi, Jaasia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jaanai's data

  • Jaanai's decade-level peak was the 2000s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Jaanais (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jaanai

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jaanai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaanai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.