NameTides

Janaya

Janaya was the #2,607 girls' name in the US in 2025 (66 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Janaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Janaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Janaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,607 (66)#1,892 (15)#2,475 (8)
2024#2,930 (56)#3,319 (7)#2,259 (9)
2023#3,428 (46)#2,504 (10)#1,419 (16)
2022#2,661 (65)#4,646 (4)#1,989 (10)
2021#2,416 (74)#1,569 (19)#2,021 (10)
2020#3,546 (42)#2,300 (11)#1,758 (12)
2019#2,752 (61)#3,541 (6)#1,922 (11)
2018#2,711 (63)#2,090 (13)#2,151 (9)
2017#2,964 (55)#4,063 (5)#1,901 (11)
2016#2,287 (83)#5,785 (3)#1,533 (15)
2015#2,555 (70)#4,736 (4)—
2014#2,049 (95)#4,684 (4)#1,786 (12)
2013#2,032 (95)#4,050 (5)#1,686 (13)
2012#2,205 (85)#5,876 (3)#1,695 (13)
2011#1,789 (113)#4,764 (4)#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #1,212.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Janaya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 29,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 42,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Janaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,055FL
Janaya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Janaya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JanayaCanadaGirls#2,4758
JanayaEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
JanayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JanayaUSGirls#2,60766