Janita

Gender: Girl
Say it: juh-NEE-tuh
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #13,203 for girls

Janita is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Janita mean?

Hebrew: diminutive of Jana or Jane, also a variant of Juanita

“God is gracious”

Is Janita a girl's or a boy's name?

Janita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Janita in the US?

Rank in 2025: 13,203rd among girls
Babies in 2025: 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Janita, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1963, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the girls named Janita in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 57 in 19632025

Janita in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	6	#13,203
2024	8	#11,117
2023	5	#15,188
2022	0	–
2021	11	#8,973
2020	5	#15,083
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	6	#14,326
2015	12	#8,926
2014	14	#8,050
2013	9	#10,995
2012	12	#9,105
2011	13	#8,610
2010	16	#7,510
2009	12	#9,375
2008	7	#13,827
2007	14	#8,516
2006	16	#7,480
2005	11	#9,447
2004	6	#14,172
2003	5	#15,777
2002	18	#6,124
2001	14	#7,311
2000	13	#7,574
1999	12	#7,710
1998	18	#5,579
1997	11	#7,737
1996	20	#4,878
1995	22	#4,513
1994	16	#5,707
1993	32	#3,417
1992	30	#3,575
1991	30	#3,534
1990	36	#3,073
1989	37	#2,925
1988	38	#2,739
1987	29	#3,166
1986	30	#3,052
1985	34	#2,748
1984	42	#2,298
1983	32	#2,720
1982	43	#2,288
1981	39	#2,447
1980	32	#2,800
1979	30	#2,860
1978	22	#3,388
1977	30	#2,715
1976	25	#2,931
1975	20	#3,403
1974	18	#3,558
1973	22	#3,014
1972	25	#2,747
1971	26	#2,736
1970	27	#2,647
1969	13	#3,957
1968	23	#2,630
1967	28	#2,272
1966	32	#2,057
1965	38	#1,854
1964	36	#1,974
1963	57	#1,478
1962	26	#2,356
1961	32	#2,069
1960	37	#1,854
1959	24	#2,338
1958	24	#2,321
1957	24	#2,275
1956	16	#2,928
1955	20	#2,471
1954	24	#2,185
1953	20	#2,362
1952	17	#2,580
1951	18	#2,390
1950	20	#2,184
1949	13	#2,849
1948	8	#3,881
1947	23	#2,044
1946	17	#2,317
1945	12	#2,597
1944	20	#1,915
1943	11	#2,860
1942	14	#2,415
1941	11	#2,666
1940	6	#3,861
1939	9	#2,920
1938	7	#3,448
1937	13	#2,317
1936	10	#2,688
1935	0	–
1934	6	#3,800
1933	10	#2,687
1932	14	#2,234
1931	0	–
1930	8	#3,343
1929	0	–
1928	7	#3,741
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	0	–
1924	10	#3,143
1923	6	#4,375
1922	6	#4,443
1921	0	–
1920	0	–
1919	0	–
1918	0	–
1917	0	–
1916	0	–
1915	6	#3,793