NameTides

Janessa

Janessa was the #1,733 girls' name in the US in 2025 (117 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Janessa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Janessa 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Janessa 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,733 (117)#3,333 (7)#3,478 (5)
2024#1,568 (135)#5,892 (3)#1,617 (14)
2023#1,356 (166)#5,688 (3)#1,491 (15)
2022#1,172 (206)#2,325 (11)#1,362 (17)
2021#1,169 (209)#3,961 (5)#1,522 (15)
2020#1,140 (208)#3,447 (6)#1,249 (19)
2019#1,094 (227)#4,686 (4)#1,138 (22)
2018#971 (272)#5,666 (3)#1,062 (24)
2017#890 (303)—#1,090 (23)
2016#894 (313)#3,214 (7)#847 (32)
2015#716 (397)#5,730 (3)#820 (33)
2014#761 (368)#4,684 (4)#772 (36)
2013#695 (407)#4,739 (4)#822 (33)
2012#663 (426)#5,876 (3)#710 (40)
2011#630 (451)—#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #545.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Janessa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Janessa 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: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,323CAUtah: 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: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Janessa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JanessaCanadaGirls#3,4785
JanessaEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
JanessaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JanessaUSGirls#1,733117