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Janiya

Janiya was the #1,962 girls' name in the US in 2025 (98 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Janiya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Janiya 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Janiya 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#1,962 (98)#4,867 (4)#3,478 (5)
2024#1,771 (114)#4,844 (4)—
2023#1,548 (137)——
2022#1,692 (123)#4,646 (4)#3,228 (5)
2021#1,491 (142)——
2020#1,668 (123)——
2019#1,423 (157)——
2018#1,229 (190)——
2017#1,268 (186)——
2016#1,088 (237)#4,096 (5)—
2015#997 (270)#4,736 (4)—
2014#852 (323)——
2013#780 (348)——
2012#667 (425)——
2011#538 (539)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #362.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 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 16,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Janiya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Janiya 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: #1,061MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,392PANew 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: #1,138NCSouth 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: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Janiya (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
JaniyaCanadaGirls#3,4785
JaniyaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
JaniyaUSGirls#1,96298
JaniyaUSBoys—too few