Janaiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-NAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Janaiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Janaiah come from?
Modern: modern elaboration of Jana or Janiya
Is Janaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Janaiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janaiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Janaiah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 girls.
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Janaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Janaiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
How popular is Janaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Janaiah, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more girls named Janaiah than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Janaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Janaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Janaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Janaiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Alaiyah, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Kaliyah, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Zenayah, Aafiyah, Kamiyah, Umaymah, Umamah
Other spellings of Janaiah
Names related to Janaiah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Janaiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janaiah, updated 20 October 2026.