Janissa
Girl · juh-NIS-uh · Modern
Janissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Janissa come from?
Modern: modern invented name, perhaps Jan + Issa
- Say it
- juh-NIS-uh
Is Janissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Janissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Janissa, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Janissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Janissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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