Girls' name · since 1972
Janisha
948 babies named Janisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 948
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Janisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 948 recorded since 1972.
Janisha has 948 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2022.
- #7,798 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 948 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janisha ranks #7,798 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 948 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 948
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Janisha's 948 recorded births place it above 89.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Janisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janisha splits its recorded history at 1997: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1976 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2022
- Peak year (1994)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Janisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (397 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Janisha's strongest decade.
397 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Janisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
233 births
- 1990s
1990s
397 births
- 2000s
2000s
197 births
- 2010s 65
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 397 births (42% of all-time use).
How Janisha 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 Janisha's total volume
Janisha by state
Where Janisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 51 | 5.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 27 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 22 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
51 of 948 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Janisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (397 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Janishas (51 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1972–2022 (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 Janisha 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.