The first name Janiyah
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Modern American coinage.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 23 girls were named Janiyah, making it the 1,362nd most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Janiyah with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Janiyah at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 346 girls born in the United States were named Janiyah, the 783rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2009, when 994 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Janiyah mean?
- Modern American coinage.
- How popular is the name Janiyah?
- In 2025, 23 girls born in England and Wales were named Janiyah, ranking 1,362nd.
- Is Janiyah a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 13,605 US babies named Janiyah since 1880 were girls.
- When was Janiyah most popular?
- 2009 in the United States, when 994 babies were named Janiyah, its highest rank at 334th.