Janessa
#1,272 most common girls' name of all time · #2,234 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1954–2025
Rank among girls
#1,272
Rank overall
#2,234 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
14,722
Since 2016
2,156
Peak year
2009 #546
Best rank
#524 2004
Girls
Boys
peak 556/yr
Janessa first appears in 1954. 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 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,741 |
| 2024 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,570 |
| 2023 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,357 |
| 2022 | 206 | — | 206 | #1,173 |
| 2021 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,171 |
| 2020 | 208 | — | 208 | #1,142 |
| 2019 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,095 |
| 2018 | 272 | — | 272 | #972 |
| 2017 | 303 | — | 303 | #893 |
| 2016 | 313 | — | 313 | #896 |
| 2015 | 397 | — | 397 | #716 |
| 2014 | 368 | — | 368 | #761 |
| 2013 | 407 | — | 407 | #696 |
| 2012 | 426 | — | 426 | #665 |
| 2011 | 451 | — | 451 | #631 |
| 2010 | 527 | — | 527 | #554 |
| 2009 | 556 | — | 556 | #546 |
| 2008 | 536 | — | 536 | #574 |
| 2007 | 547 | — | 547 | #557 |
| 2006 | 488 | — | 488 | #596 |
| 2005 | 488 | — | 488 | #584 |
| 2004 | 544 | — | 544 | #524 |
| 2003 | 465 | — | 465 | #590 |
| 2002 | 390 | — | 390 | #649 |
| 2001 | 352 | — | 352 | #705 |
| 2000 | 346 | — | 346 | #686 |
| 1999 | 321 | — | 321 | #707 |
| 1998 | 319 | — | 319 | #699 |
| 1997 | 304 | — | 304 | #707 |
| 1996 | 307 | — | 307 | #701 |
| 1995 | 264 | — | 264 | #766 |
| 1994 | 311 | — | 311 | #680 |
| 1993 | 272 | — | 272 | #761 |
| 1992 | 291 | — | 291 | #730 |
| 1991 | 370 | — | 370 | #610 |
| 1990 | 318 | — | 318 | #676 |
| 1989 | 246 | — | 246 | #785 |
| 1988 | 242 | — | 242 | #778 |
| 1987 | 212 | — | 212 | #824 |
| 1986 | 205 | — | 205 | #820 |
| 1985 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,005 |
| 1984 | 155 | — | 155 | #947 |
| 1983 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,056 |
| 1982 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,086 |
| 1981 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,071 |
| 1980 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,159 |
| 1979 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,501 |
| 1978 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,774 |
| 1977 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,111 |
| 1976 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,469 |
| 1975 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,305 |
| 1974 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,813 |
| 1973 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,731 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,244 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,612 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,187 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,616 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,857 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,527 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,300 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,811 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,227 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,206 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,512 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,444 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,752 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,129 |