Girls' name · since 2001
Janijah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Janijah, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janijah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 69 recorded since 2001.
Janijah has 69 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2010.
- #31,278 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janijah ranks #31,278 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janijah's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janijah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2010
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Janijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (63 births, 91% of the file).
2000s was Janijah's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Janijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 63 births (91% of all-time use).
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- Janijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Janijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2001–2010 (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 Janijah 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.