Janya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JUN-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Janya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “born, derived”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Janya mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit word, from the root jan- 'to be born'
“born, derived”
In Carnatic music a janya raga is one 'derived' from a parent scale.
Is Janya a girl's or a boy's name?
Janya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Janya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 234 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Janya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 54 | #3,041 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,632 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,216 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 138 | #1,620 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 195 | #1,263 |
| 2006 | 196 | #1,227 |
| 2005 | 196 | #1,173 |
| 2004 | 234 | #1,008 |
| 2003 | 164 | #1,271 |
| 2002 | 131 | #1,455 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,829 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,948 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Janya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navya Kavya Arya Priya Aarya Vanya Prisha Saanvi Anya Aanya Aadhya Shreya
Names related to Janya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Janya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janya, updated 20 October 2026.