Janisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Janisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 350 babies named Janisa between 1981 and 2021, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janisa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Janisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janisa 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 350 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.