Girls' name · since 1978
Janaki
197 babies named Janaki in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,204 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Janaki currently ranks #11204 among girls' names in America, with 197 babies recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Janaki recorded 197 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #11204 nationally today, ahead of 35% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #19,960 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,204 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 197 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janaki ranks #19,960 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,204 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 197 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,204 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Janaki's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Janaki compares
197 36th 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
Janaki's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janaki | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janaki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janaki's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janaki popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Janaki by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Janaki's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Janaki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Janaki's data
- Janaki's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janaki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Janaki 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.