Girls' name · since 1972
Janika
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 785 babies named Janika, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,537 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 785
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Janika currently ranks #13537 among girls' names in America, with 785 babies recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Janika recorded 785 times among girls since 1972, holding rank #13537 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #8,855 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,537 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 785 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janika ranks #8,855 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,537 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 785 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,537 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 785
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Janika's 785 recorded births place it above 87.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Janika compares
785 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Janika's all-time total is 109% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 785 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janika splits its recorded history at 1994: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Janika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (264 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Janika's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Janika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
123 births
- 1980s
1980s
264 births
- 1990s
1990s
247 births
- 2000s 96
2000s
96 births
- 2010s 42
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 264 births (34% of all-time use).
How Janika 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 Janika's total volume
Janika by state
Where Janika concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #3 | California | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
12 of 785 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Janika's data
- Janika's decade-level peak was the 1980s (264 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Janikas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Janika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Janika 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.