Janny
Girl · JAY-nee · Hebrew
Janny is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Janny mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Janie; pet form of Jane
“God is gracious”
Janie Crawford is the heroine of Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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- JAY-nee
Meaning borrowed from Janie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Janny a girl's or a boy's name?
Janny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Janny, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1987, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Janny in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 271 girls in the US were given Janny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #880, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Janny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
Names like Janny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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