Janaki
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Janaki is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Janaki mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Janaki a girl's or a boy's name?
Janaki is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janaki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 280% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Janaki, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Janaki of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Janaki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Janaki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Janaki, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had more girls named Janaki than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Janaki in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janaki in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Janaki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aadhini, Avani, Vaishnavi, Krishvi, Aarohi, Dhanvi, Ishani, Saanvi, Dhriti, Yashvi, Sanvi, Vaani
Names related to Janaki
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Janaki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janaki, updated 20 October 2026.