# Janay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janay/  
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 | 5,832 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,832 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 66, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 114 | 1,783 |
| 2012 | 75 | 2,462 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,740 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,947 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,071 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,195 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,619 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,230 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,515 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,627 |
| 2021 | 31 | 4,446 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,109 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,421 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,386 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,277 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,934 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |

## People named Janay

- Janay DeLoach, American track and field athlete

## 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.