Janira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hah-NEE-rah
Janira is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Janira come from?
Spanish-language name, possibly from Greek Ianeira, a sea nymph
Is Janira a girl's or a boy's name?
Janira is a girls' name.
How popular is Janira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1988, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Janira in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Janira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Janira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janira, updated 20 October 2026.