Janiaya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Janiaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Janiaya between 2000 and 2015, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janiaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janiaya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Janiaya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janiaya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janiaya 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 184 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.