Janai

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 97.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,585
1997 · 101 births
Debut · girls
1960
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,099
since 1960

Janai over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janai has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,585, 1997girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,64541#10,6956
2024#2,93056—
2023#3,42846—
2022#3,76540—
2021#3,11252—
2020#2,93155—
2019#2,70963#12,1455
2018#2,81060—
2017#2,71363—
2016#3,06054—
2015#2,47173—
2014#2,61567#12,1085
2013#2,62667#9,6557
2012#2,77063—
2011#2,34679—
2010#2,20288—
2009#2,61470—
2008#2,33483#9,0198
2007#2,19890#12,3675
2006#1,809113#12,0555
2005#1,894102#7,6409
2004#2,13584#11,3565
2003#1,786105#6,25811
2002#2,04684#9,3926
2001#1,81997—
2000#2,21371#9,1126
1999#1,82887#7,8747
1998#1,86782—
1997#1,585101#6,1009
1996#2,05867—
1995#1,71585—
1994#1,79880—
1993#2,28956—
1992#2,19161—
1991#2,38853—
1990#2,02966—
1989#1,96565—
1988#1,83967—
1987#1,73369—
1986#3,64523—
1985#3,73022—
1984#3,52723—
1983#3,06527—
1982#3,41824—
1981#4,16218—
1980#3,21526—
1979#3,14726—
1978#3,19624—
1977#5,53211—
1976#5,60110—
1975#7,9846—
1974#6,9007—
1973#6,6667—
1972#6,5587—
1971#6,0068—
1970#6,3627—
1969#6,6176—
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five girls were named Janai! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1960–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Janai is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,533 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,042 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Janai, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,436 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,640 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,436 · 1 in 9,640
  2. Georgia#1,533 · 1 in 9,042

Best ever in a state: #144 in District of Columbia, 1997.

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See more about Janai
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 715 spots since 2024 (#2,930 → #3,645)
  • 714 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #3,645)
  • 1,174 spots since 2015 (#2,471 → #3,645)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,585 (101 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,825
  • Highest: 1 in 16,825 girls born in 2006 were named Janai (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,585 in 1997, was only 1 in 17,235 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Janai (899) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s18#5,273 (1966)#6,093
1970s113#3,147 (1979)#5,795
1980s364#1,733 (1987)#3,030
1990s738#1,585 (1997)#1,975
2000s899#1,786 (2003)#2,085
2010s677#2,202 (2010)#2,632
2020s290#2,930 (2024)#3,302

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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