Janiylah — girls' name
239 babies named Janiylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
239 girls have been named Janiylah since 2008, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 239
- total births
- 2008–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Janiylah was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Janiylah in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janiylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Janiylah between 2008 and 2025, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janiylah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janiylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Janiylah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Janiylah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janiylah 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 239 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.
Janiylah at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janiylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2008
- Peak year (2014)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
239 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 22 births in a single year.
Janiylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 158 births that decade — 66% of Janiylah's all-time total
Janiylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Janiylah's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Janiylah by state
Where Janiylah concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
Top 5 states
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.