Janayia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Janayia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Janayia come from?
Modern: modern invented name, a variant of Janae
Is Janayia a girl's or a boy's name?
Janayia is a girls' name.
How popular is Janayia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Janayia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janayia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Janayia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Zaniya, Jaziyah, Jamiyah, Janiyah, Aziyah, Aliya, Jahzara, Zariya
Names related to Janayia
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, “Janayia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janayia, updated 20 October 2026.