Janaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-NAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Janaya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
Where does Janaya come from?
Name of uncertain origin
Is Janaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Janaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Janaya, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Janaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Janaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Janaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
How popular is Janaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Janaya, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 198 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Janaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Janaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
Janaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,789 |
| 2010 | 145 | #1,536 |
| 2009 | 158 | #1,469 |
| 2008 | 192 | #1,295 |
| 2007 | 196 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 198 | #1,212 |
| 2005 | 189 | #1,210 |
| 2004 | 186 | #1,200 |
| 2003 | 150 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 176 | #1,164 |
| 2001 | 148 | #1,298 |
| 2000 | 131 | #1,410 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,707 |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,911 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,082 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,979 |
Names like Janaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Aisha Amaya Raya Prisha Maya Avaya Anvika Inaya Shanaya Arya Saanvi
Other spellings of Janaya
Names related to Janaya
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, “Janaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janaya, updated 20 October 2026.