Girls' name · since 1961
Janah
351 babies named Janah in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 351
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janah currently ranks #15224 among girls' names in America, with 351 babies recorded since 1961.
Janah has 351 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15224 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #14,602 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,224 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 351 born since 1961
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janah ranks #14,602 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,224 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 351 born since 1961, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 351
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janah's 351 recorded births place it above 79.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Janah compares
351 48th 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
Janah's all-time total is 7% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 351 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janah's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Janah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (114 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Janah's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Janah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 114 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Janah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (114 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
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, 1961–2025 (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 Janah 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.