Janay
Janay was the 7277th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 388th with 596 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,206 places. More babies were named Janay in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,277 girls, up 1,350 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1987596 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,832babies recorded
Janay popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,277 | 15 |
| 2020 | #8,627 | 12 |
| 2010 | #1,810 | 113 |
| 2000 | #1,562 | 114 |
| 1990 | #718 | 292 |
| 1980 | #3,444 | 24 |
| 1970 | #4,597 | 12 |
| 1960 | #6,739 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Janay, counting every spelling?
Janay is a spelling of Janai, a name family that had 61 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 61 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janai | 41 | #3,670 | 235 |
| Janay | 15 | #7,277 | 92 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Janay?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Janay (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Janay born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Janay.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Janay?
About 5,700 people born in the US named Janay are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 24 and 38. That makes Janay mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Janay by state
How common Janay was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Janay: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Janay, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Janay
How popular is the name Janay?
Janay was the 7277th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 388th with 596 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,206 places. More babies were named Janay in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Janay a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Janay in the US.
Where is Janay most popular?
In 2021–2025, Janay was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.