How rare is the name Janiyah?

8,426 people in the United States have the first name Janiyah, about 1 in 35,845. It ranks #2,767 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JANIYAH

#2,767

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,426
About
1 in 35,845
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,426 people named Janiyah, 83.2% reported their origin as Black, 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Janiyah peaked in 2009, when 994 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19952025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
994
In 2025*
346 ▼65%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,605 babies have been given the name since 1995. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Janiyah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #990. The largest share of babies named Janiyah, 57.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#9,782152
2000s#1,0325,304
2010s#9906,112
2020s#1,5552,037
Millennials 1981–960.2%
Generation Z 1997–1257.6%
2013 and later42.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Janiyah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Janiyah has been most common in Florida (3.3×), Georgia (3×), and Mississippi (2.5×), and least common in Washington (0.2×).

12,736 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Janiyah

#2,765 Andria · 8,429#2,766 Dax · 8,427#2,768 Anabelle · 8,420#2,768 Ashlie · 8,420

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Janiyah, most common first.

#2,884 Janiya · 7,935#5,269 Janiah · 3,296#5,737 Janaya · 2,917#6,216 Jania · 2,603#6,516 Jamiya · 2,452#6,579 Jamiyah · 2,423#7,285 Jamiah · 2,108#7,934 Janya · 1,860

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