Girls' name · since 1968
Janya
Janya has 2,374 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,916 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,374
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janya is the #6916 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,374 recorded since 1968.
Janya has 2,374 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6916 as of the latest data, more common than 60% 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 1968 to 2025.
- #4,191 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,916 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,374 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janya ranks #4,191 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,916 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,374 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,916 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,374
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janya's 2,374 recorded births place it above 94.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Janya compares
2,374 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Janya's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,374 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 234 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janya's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 234, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 234
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Janya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,620 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Janya's strongest decade.
1,620 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Janya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1990s 85
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,620 births
- 2010s 527
2010s
527 births
- 2020s 113
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,620 births (68% of all-time use).
How Janya 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 Janya's total volume
Janya by state
Where Janya concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 220 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 173 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 131 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 95 | 4.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 94 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 91 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 86 | 3.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 77 | 3.2% |
220 of 2,374 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Janya appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Janya's data
- Janya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,620 total births); usage has since declined to 113 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Janyas (220 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Janya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Janya 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.