Janaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Janaia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Janaia come from?
Modern: modern invented name, perhaps from Jana or Janae
Is Janaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Janaia is a girls' name.
How popular is Janaia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Janaia in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names like Janaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Janiyah, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Jayla, Zariah, Zaniyah, Amaya, Aliya, Amira, Jahzara, Zaniya
Names related to Janaia
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, “Janaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janaia, updated 20 October 2026.