Janai
#3,308 most common girls' name of all time · #5,651 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1960–2025
Rank among girls
#3,308
Rank overall
#5,651 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
3,193
Since 2016
541
Peak year
2006 #1,817
Best rank
#1,589 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 118/yr
Janai first appears in 1960. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | 6 | 47 | #3,669 |
| 2024 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,945 |
| 2023 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,439 |
| 2022 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,787 |
| 2021 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,129 |
| 2020 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,943 |
| 2019 | 63 | 5 | 68 | #2,718 |
| 2018 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2017 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,724 |
| 2016 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,077 |
| 2015 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2014 | 67 | 5 | 72 | #2,627 |
| 2013 | 67 | 7 | 74 | #2,638 |
| 2012 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,781 |
| 2011 | 79 | — | 79 | #2,358 |
| 2010 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,622 |
| 2008 | 83 | 8 | 91 | #2,340 |
| 2007 | 90 | 5 | 95 | #2,203 |
| 2006 | 113 | 5 | 118 | #1,817 |
| 2005 | 102 | 9 | 111 | #1,901 |
| 2004 | 84 | 5 | 89 | #2,143 |
| 2003 | 105 | 11 | 116 | #1,794 |
| 2002 | 84 | 6 | 90 | #2,056 |
| 2001 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,825 |
| 2000 | 71 | 6 | 77 | #2,224 |
| 1999 | 87 | 7 | 94 | #1,834 |
| 1998 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,875 |
| 1997 | 101 | 9 | 110 | #1,589 |
| 1996 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,074 |
| 1995 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,720 |
| 1994 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,804 |
| 1993 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,307 |
| 1992 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,207 |
| 1991 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,404 |
| 1990 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,037 |
| 1989 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,975 |
| 1988 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,852 |
| 1987 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,743 |
| 1986 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,707 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,792 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,575 |
| 1983 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,110 |
| 1982 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,489 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,260 |
| 1980 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,274 |
| 1979 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,214 |
| 1978 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,252 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,728 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,855 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,452 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,284 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,089 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,949 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,383 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,790 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,158 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,702 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,213 |