Janah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Janah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Janah come from?
Arabic: perhaps Arabic janah 'wing', or a spelling of Jana or Janna
Is Janah a girl's or a boy's name?
Janah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Janah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Janah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,954 girls in the US were given Janah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #37, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Janah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Janah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Farah Zainab Farrah Hadassah Safa Salma Jaliyah Summer Amira Aliya Samira
Other spellings of Janah
Names related to Janah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Janah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janah, updated 20 October 2026.