# Janiyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janiyah/  
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 | 13,605 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,605 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 103, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern American coinage.

## 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 | 791 | 400 |
| 2012 | 714 | 438 |
| 2013 | 645 | 476 |
| 2014 | 539 | 569 |
| 2015 | 582 | 538 |
| 2016 | 552 | 564 |
| 2017 | 503 | 600 |
| 2018 | 449 | 657 |
| 2019 | 423 | 687 |
| 2020 | 385 | 722 |
| 2021 | 381 | 747 |
| 2022 | 311 | 897 |
| 2023 | 309 | 868 |
| 2024 | 305 | 885 |
| 2025 | 346 | 783 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## 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.