Janiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-NY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Janiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
Where does Janiah come from?
Modern: Jan- with an -iah ending
Is Janiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Janiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Janiah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were given Janiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Janiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Janiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Janiah, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 367 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer girls named Janiah than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Janiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 510 girls in the US were given Janiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #587, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
Janiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,558 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,986 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,863 |
| 2016 | 98 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,743 |
| 2014 | 145 | #1,515 |
| 2013 | 184 | #1,281 |
| 2012 | 174 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 230 | #1,070 |
| 2010 | 285 | #914 |
| 2009 | 297 | #911 |
| 2008 | 367 | #795 |
| 2007 | 313 | #888 |
| 2006 | 326 | #827 |
| 2005 | 284 | #889 |
| 2004 | 253 | #952 |
| 2003 | 222 | #1,031 |
| 2002 | 189 | #1,108 |
| 2001 | 156 | #1,256 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,881 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
Names like Janiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Safa Zainab Sumayyah Amira Ruqayyah Nusaybah Kaliyah Khadija Hafsa Amaya
Other spellings of Janiah
Names related to Janiah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Janiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janiah, updated 20 October 2026.