Janiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,962 for girls
Janiya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,962nd for girls in the US (98 babies).
What does Janiya mean?
Hebrew
A female given name of Hebrew origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Janiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Janiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 98 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Janiya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were given Janiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Janiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
How popular is Janiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,962among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were named Janiya, making it the 1,962nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,668th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 914 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer girls named Janiya than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Janiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 510 girls in the US were given Janiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #587, up from #1,962 for this spelling alone.
Janiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,962 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,771 |
| 2023 | 137 | #1,548 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,692 |
| 2021 | 142 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,668 |
| 2019 | 157 | #1,423 |
| 2018 | 190 | #1,229 |
| 2017 | 186 | #1,268 |
| 2016 | 237 | #1,088 |
| 2015 | 270 | #997 |
| 2014 | 323 | #852 |
| 2013 | 348 | #780 |
| 2012 | 425 | #667 |
| 2011 | 539 | #538 |
| 2010 | 687 | #447 |
| 2009 | 833 | #385 |
| 2008 | 914 | #362 |
| 2007 | 889 | #366 |
| 2006 | 838 | #386 |
| 2005 | 845 | #370 |
| 2004 | 843 | #371 |
| 2003 | 506 | #548 |
| 2002 | 433 | #597 |
| 2001 | 339 | #719 |
| 2000 | 222 | #953 |
| 1999 | 128 | #1,376 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,816 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Janiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Raya Prisha Haniya Anya Anvika Arshiya Priya Maryam Amaya Arya Saanvi
Other spellings of Janiya
Names related to Janiya
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Janiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janiya, updated 20 October 2026.