Jahnaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-NAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
Jahnaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jahnaya come from?
Modern: modern name built on the Ja- prefix
Is Jahnaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahnaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Jahnaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Jahnaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahnaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Jahnaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avaya, Janaya, Anaya, Jaya, Araya, Radhika, Janiyah, Amya, Prisha, Priya, Shreya, Kavya
Names related to Jahnaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jahnaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahnaya, updated 20 October 2026.