Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Janaya

#2,873 most common girls' name of all time · #4,931 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#2,873
Rank overall
#4,931 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
3,965
Since 2016
611
Peak year
2006 #1,217
Best rank
#1,168 2002
Girls Boys peak 198/yr
198020002020

Janaya first appears in 1973. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 66 — 66 #2,623
2024 56 — 56 #2,948
2023 46 — 46 #3,447
2022 65 — 65 #2,672
2021 74 — 74 #2,426
2020 42 — 42 #3,571
2019 61 — 61 #2,764
2018 63 — 63 #2,727
2017 55 — 55 #2,988
2016 83 — 83 #2,297
2015 70 — 70 #2,573
2014 95 — 95 #2,061
2013 95 — 95 #2,043
2012 85 — 85 #2,212
2011 113 — 113 #1,796
2010 145 — 145 #1,542
2009 158 — 158 #1,474
2008 192 — 192 #1,298
2007 196 — 196 #1,260
2006 198 — 198 #1,217
2005 189 — 189 #1,212
2004 186 — 186 #1,205
2003 150 — 150 #1,354
2002 176 — 176 #1,168
2001 148 — 148 #1,301
2000 131 — 131 #1,419
1999 114 — 114 #1,510
1998 93 — 93 #1,719
1997 76 — 76 #1,923
1996 66 — 66 #2,099
1995 52 — 52 #2,479
1994 47 — 47 #2,648
1993 42 — 42 #2,863
1992 46 — 46 #2,677
1991 38 — 38 #3,025
1990 50 — 50 #2,457
1989 54 — 54 #2,246
1988 44 — 44 #2,481
1987 30 — 30 #3,155
1986 22 — 22 #3,866
1985 21 — 21 #3,967
1984 13 — 13 #5,458
1983 25 — 25 #3,331
1982 17 — 17 #4,495
1981 27 — 27 #3,240
1980 16 — 16 #4,693
1979 23 — 23 #3,532
1978 15 — 15 #4,643
1977 26 — 26 #3,079
1976 12 — 12 #5,176
1975 7 — 7 #7,831
1974 10 — 10 #5,734
1973 41 — 41 #2,018