Janiah

Janiah was the #3,645 girls' name in the US in 2025 (41 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Janiah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Janiah 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Janiah 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#3,645 (41)#4,201 (5)—
2024#3,225 (49)#3,696 (6)—
2023#2,704 (64)——
2022#2,928 (57)—#3,228 (5)
2021#2,558 (68)#4,634 (4)—
2020#2,170 (83)#4,535 (4)—
2019#1,986 (97)#4,686 (4)—
2018#1,748 (117)#5,666 (3)#2,587 (7)
2017#1,863 (109)#5,765 (3)—
2016#2,017 (98)——
2015#1,743 (120)#4,103 (5)—
2014#1,515 (145)#5,691 (3)—
2013#1,281 (184)#5,742 (3)#3,286 (5)
2012#1,346 (174)#4,171 (5)—
2011#1,070 (230)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #795.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 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 38,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Janiah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 41,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 33,000 to 1 in 50,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Janiah 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: 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: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Janiah (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
JaniahCanadaGirls—too few
JaniahEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
JaniahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JaniahUSGirls#3,64541