Girls' name · since 1997
Janyah
Janyah has 1,165 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,759 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,127 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,165
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,165 babies have been named Janyah since 1997, making it today's #8127 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janyah has been recorded 1,165 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #8127 nationally and more common than 53% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #6,759 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,127 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,165 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janyah ranks #6,759 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,127 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,165 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,759 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,127 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,165
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janyah's 1,165 recorded births place it above 90.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Janyah compares
1,165 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Janyah's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,165 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 94 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janyah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 94 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 94
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Janyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (691 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Janyah's strongest decade.
691 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Janyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
691 births
- 2010s
2010s
365 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 691 births (59% of all-time use).
How Janyah 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 Janyah's total volume
Janyah by state
Where Janyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 92 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 64 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 45 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 36 | 3.1% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 32 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 30 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 23 | 2.0% |
92 of 1,165 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Janyah appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Janyah's data
- Janyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (691 total births); usage has since declined to 83 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Janyahs (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Janyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Janyah 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.