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Janiyah

Janiyah holds the #783 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 346 newborn girls in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 2009 (#333 nationally, 994 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1995. The name's biggest fan base is in Mississippi (#270 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#783
among girl names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#333
in 2009 (2000s)
Babies in 2025
346
girls named Janiyah

Janiyah popularity, 1880–2025

0.015%0.029%0.044%0.058%18801900192019401960198020002020#333 in 2009
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2009

Where Janiyah is most popular

Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025AK—Maine: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025ME—Vermont: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025VT—New Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025NH—Washington: #1046 (5 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)WA#1046Idaho: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025ID—Montana: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025MT—North Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025ND—Minnesota: #731 (6 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)MN#731Wisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025WI—Michigan: #638 (12 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)MI#638New York: #704 (23 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)NY#704Massachusetts: #395 (14 girls, 0.06% of girls born 2025)MA#395Rhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025RI—Oregon: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025OR—Nevada: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025NV—Wyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025WY—South Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025SD—Iowa: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025IA—Illinois: #797 (11 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)IL#797Indiana: #916 (6 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)IN#916Ohio: #644 (15 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)OH#644Pennsylvania: #813 (11 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)PA#813New Jersey: #846 (8 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)NJ#846Connecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025CT—California: #1323 (18 girls, 0.01% of girls born 2025)CA#1323Utah: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025UT—Colorado: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025CO—Nebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025NE—Missouri: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025MO—Kentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025KY—West Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025WV—Virginia: #573 (13 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)VA#573Maryland: #731 (6 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)MD#731Delaware: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025DE—Arizona: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025AZ—New Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025NM—Kansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025KS—Arkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025AR—Tennessee: #645 (11 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)TN#645North Carolina: #780 (12 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)NC#780South Carolina: #773 (5 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)SC#773District of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025DC—Oklahoma: #437 (9 girls, 0.06% of girls born 2025)OK#437Louisiana: #677 (6 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)LA#677Mississippi: #270 (10 girls, 0.11% of girls born 2025)MS#270Alabama: #520 (9 girls, 0.05% of girls born 2025)AL#520Georgia: #529 (21 girls, 0.05% of girls born 2025)GA#529Hawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Janiyah in 2025HI—Texas: #840 (35 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)TX#840Florida: #435 (43 girls, 0.05% of girls born 2025)FL#435
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Mississippi (#270), Oklahoma (#437), Massachusetts (#395)

Uniqueness score

47/ 100Balanced
everywhereone of a kind

Well known, but far from crowded — the middle of the field. Based on how many babies per birth were named Janiyah in the most recent year of SSA data.

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