Janani
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Janani is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “mother”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Janani mean?
Sanskrit
“mother”
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Janani a girl's or a boy's name?
Janani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janani in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Janani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Janani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Janani, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Janani in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Janani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Vaishnavi Saanvi Dhriti Sanvi Yashvi Tanvi Dhanvi Kashvi Vaani Avni Anvi
Names related to Janani
Jannah Jana Janaya Janna Janae Jeannie Janina Janan Janie Janiya Janiah
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, “Janani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janani, updated 20 October 2026.