Janessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NES-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,733 for girls
Janessa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,733rd for girls in the US (117 babies).
What does Janessa mean?
Modern: blend of Jane or Janet and Vanessa
A 20th-century blend of Jane or Janet with Vanessa.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Janessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Janessa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 117 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janessa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Janessa, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Janessa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Janessa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Janessa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,733rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 117 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 117 girls in the US were named Janessa, making it the 1,733rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,140th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 556 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Janessa than any year since 1980.
Half of all the girls named Janessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 123 girls in the US were given Janessa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,470, up from #1,733 for this spelling alone.
- Janessa 117
- Genessa 6
Janessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,733 |
| 2024 | 135 | #1,568 |
| 2023 | 166 | #1,356 |
| 2022 | 206 | #1,172 |
| 2021 | 209 | #1,169 |
| 2020 | 208 | #1,140 |
| 2019 | 227 | #1,094 |
| 2018 | 272 | #971 |
| 2017 | 303 | #890 |
| 2016 | 313 | #894 |
| 2015 | 397 | #716 |
| 2014 | 368 | #761 |
| 2013 | 407 | #695 |
| 2012 | 426 | #663 |
| 2011 | 451 | #630 |
| 2010 | 527 | #554 |
| 2009 | 556 | #545 |
| 2008 | 536 | #574 |
| 2007 | 547 | #557 |
| 2006 | 488 | #596 |
| 2005 | 488 | #583 |
| 2004 | 544 | #524 |
| 2003 | 465 | #590 |
| 2002 | 390 | #647 |
| 2001 | 352 | #703 |
| 2000 | 346 | #686 |
| 1999 | 321 | #705 |
| 1998 | 319 | #699 |
| 1997 | 304 | #705 |
| 1996 | 307 | #701 |
| 1995 | 264 | #764 |
| 1994 | 311 | #680 |
| 1993 | 272 | #759 |
| 1992 | 291 | #729 |
| 1991 | 370 | #610 |
| 1990 | 318 | #674 |
| 1989 | 246 | #783 |
| 1988 | 242 | #775 |
| 1987 | 212 | #822 |
| 1986 | 205 | #820 |
| 1985 | 152 | #1,002 |
| 1984 | 155 | #945 |
| 1983 | 132 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 131 | #1,083 |
| 1981 | 132 | #1,068 |
| 1980 | 117 | #1,152 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,496 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,765 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,439 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
Nicknames for Janessa
- Nessa 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Janessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Khadija, Fatima, Alayna, Ayla, Amara, Myla, Athena, Safa, Aisha, Sienna, Eliana
Other spellings of Janessa
Names related to Janessa
Jenessa, Janisha, Jenasis, Janasia, Janissa, Janisa, Jannessa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Janessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janessa, updated 20 October 2026.