NameTides

Janiyah

Janiyah was the #783 girls' name in the US in 2025 (346 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Janiyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Janiyah 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
Janiyah 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#783 (346)#1,362 (23)#1,218 (21)
2024#884 (305)#3,016 (8)#2,445 (8)
2023#866 (309)#4,057 (5)#2,027 (10)
2022#895 (311)#2,325 (11)#3,228 (5)
2021#746 (381)#3,961 (5)#2,021 (10)
2020#722 (385)#3,447 (6)#2,591 (7)
2019#685 (423)#4,001 (5)#2,188 (9)
2018#657 (449)#5,666 (3)#2,892 (6)
2017#599 (503)#3,583 (6)#3,307 (5)
2016#563 (552)#2,367 (11)#2,892 (6)
2015#538 (582)#5,730 (3)#1,874 (11)
2014#569 (539)——
2013#476 (645)#3,536 (6)#2,888 (6)
2012#438 (714)—#2,601 (7)
2011#400 (791)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #333.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 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 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Janiyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Janiyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: #395MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: 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: #573VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #529GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #435FL
Janiyah (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
JaniyahCanadaGirls#1,21821
JaniyahEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
JaniyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JaniyahUSGirls#783346