Janay — #7300 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janay

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,817 babies named Janay between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janay currently holds the #7300 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 596 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Janay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 575 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Janay in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,817 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.