Girls' name · since 2006
Janilah
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 208 babies named Janilah, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
208 girls have been named Janilah since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janilah has been recorded 208 times among girls since 2006, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2023.
- #19,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 208 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janilah ranks #19,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 208 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Janilah's 208 recorded births place it above 73.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janilah splits its recorded history at 2015: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2023 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2023
- Peak year (2019)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Janilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (131 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Janilah's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Janilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 131 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Janilah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- 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 Janilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2006–2023 (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 Janilah 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.