# Janae (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janae/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,058 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 18,052 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 310, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage from Jane, possibly influenced by Renée.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 394 | 706 |
| 2012 | 332 | 808 |
| 2013 | 326 | 823 |
| 2014 | 296 | 915 |
| 2015 | 269 | 1,003 |
| 2016 | 244 | 1,072 |
| 2017 | 216 | 1,150 |
| 2018 | 201 | 1,191 |
| 2019 | 191 | 1,232 |
| 2020 | 184 | 1,239 |
| 2021 | 172 | 1,314 |
| 2022 | 168 | 1,375 |
| 2023 | 171 | 1,327 |
| 2024 | 159 | 1,409 |
| 2025 | 122 | 1,687 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | 7,371 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Janae

- Sexyy Red, American rapper (born 1998)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.