Janiylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jah-NY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Janiylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Janiylah come from?
Modern: spelling of Janiyla; modern blend, apparently of Janiyah and Layla
Meaning borrowed from Janiyla.
Is Janiylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Janiylah 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 Janiylah 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 Janiylah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Janiylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janiylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
Names like Janiylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Jaliyah, Hadassah, Jaziyah, Aziyah, Kaliyah, Alaiyah, Nusaybah, Kamiyah, Zalayah, Naziyah
Names related to Janiylah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Janiylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janiylah, updated 20 October 2026.