Janay
#2,245 most common girls' name of all time · #3,830 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1952–2025
Rank among girls
#2,245
Rank overall
#3,830 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
5,832
Since 2016
217
Peak year
1987 #387
Best rank
#387 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 596/yr
Janay first appears in 1952. 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 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,204 |
| 2024 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,346 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,328 |
| 2022 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,057 |
| 2021 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,440 |
| 2020 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,511 |
| 2019 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,488 |
| 2018 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,194 |
| 2017 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,613 |
| 2016 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,187 |
| 2015 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,067 |
| 2014 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2013 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,739 |
| 2012 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,457 |
| 2011 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,782 |
| 2010 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,812 |
| 2009 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,128 |
| 2008 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,566 |
| 2007 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,170 |
| 2006 | 94 | — | 94 | #2,085 |
| 2005 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,595 |
| 2004 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,875 |
| 2003 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,633 |
| 2002 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,525 |
| 2001 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,530 |
| 2000 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,566 |
| 1999 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,438 |
| 1998 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,270 |
| 1997 | 204 | — | 204 | #968 |
| 1996 | 192 | — | 192 | #986 |
| 1995 | 245 | — | 245 | #810 |
| 1994 | 221 | — | 221 | #882 |
| 1993 | 173 | — | 173 | #1,058 |
| 1992 | 248 | — | 248 | #812 |
| 1991 | 261 | — | 261 | #784 |
| 1990 | 292 | — | 292 | #718 |
| 1989 | 314 | — | 314 | #653 |
| 1988 | 430 | — | 430 | #513 |
| 1987 | 596 | — | 596 | #387 |
| 1986 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,212 |
| 1985 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,640 |
| 1984 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,403 |
| 1983 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,290 |
| 1982 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,734 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,813 |
| 1980 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,459 |
| 1979 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,647 |
| 1978 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,454 |
| 1977 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,808 |
| 1976 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,701 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,327 |
| 1974 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,888 |
| 1973 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,397 |
| 1972 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,501 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,054 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,656 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,924 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,396 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,798 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,975 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,326 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,976 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,992 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,890 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,477 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,326 |