Girls' name · since 1952
Janay
Janay has 5,832 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,832
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janay is the #7195 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,832 recorded since 1952.
Janay has 5,832 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7195 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #2,318 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,195 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,832 born since 1952
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janay ranks #2,318 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,195 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,832 born since 1952, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,832
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Janay's 5,832 recorded births place it above 96.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Janay compares
5,832 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Janay's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janay | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,832 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 596 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janay's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 596, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 596
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Janay by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,101 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Janay's strongest decade.
2,101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Janay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 69
1960s
69 births
- 1970s 291
1970s
291 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,596 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,101 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,061 births
- 2010s 591
2010s
591 births
- 2020s 104
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,101 births (36% of all-time use).
How Janay compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Janay's total volume
Janay by state
Where Janay concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 575 | 9.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 527 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 461 | 7.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 320 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 247 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 189 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 186 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 185 | 3.2% |
575 of 5,832 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Janay appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Janay's data
- Janay's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,101 total births); usage has since declined to 104 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Janays (575 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 Janay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Janay 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.