Janesa — girls' name
322 babies named Janesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
322 girls have been named Janesa since 1984, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 322
- total births
- 1984–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Janesa was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Janesa in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janesa
The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Janesa between 1984 and 2018, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janesa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Janesa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janesa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janesa 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 322 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.
Janesa at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1984
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
322 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 20 births in a single year.
Janesa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 126 births that decade — 39% of Janesa's all-time total
Janesa decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Janesa's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Janesa by state
Where Janesa concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.9% |
6 of 322 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.