Girls' name · since 1977
Janissa
519 babies named Janissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,387 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janissa currently ranks #15387 among girls' names in America, with 519 babies recorded since 1977.
Janissa has 519 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15387 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, 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 1977 to 2025.
- #11,570 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,387 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 519 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janissa ranks #11,570 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,387 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 519 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,387 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janissa's 519 recorded births place it above 83.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Janissa compares
519 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Janissa's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 519 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janissa's full recorded timeline at 2004, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Janissa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (203 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Janissa's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Janissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
170 births
- 2000s
2000s
203 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 203 births (39% of all-time use).
How Janissa 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 Janissa's total volume
Janissa by state
Where Janissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
16 of 519 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Janissa's data
- Janissa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (203 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Janissas (16 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janissa: 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 (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Janissa 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.