Girls' name · since 1988
Janani
388 babies named Janani in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 388
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janani currently ranks #10364 among girls' names in America, with 388 babies recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Janani recorded 388 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #10364 nationally today, ahead of 40% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #13,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,364 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 388 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janani ranks #13,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,364 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 388 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 388
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janani's 388 recorded births place it above 80.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Janani compares
388 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Janani's all-time total is 3% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 388 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janani's full recorded timeline at 2008, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Janani by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (144 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Janani's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Janani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s
2010s
141 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 144 births (37% of all-time use).
Janani by state
Where Janani concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 3.4% |
13 of 388 births nationwide.
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What to do with Janani's data
- Janani's decade-level peak was the 2000s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jananis (13 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Janani 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.