Janylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-NY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,130 for girls
Janylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,130th for girls in the US (51 babies).
Where does Janylah come from?
Modern: spelling of Janyla; Jan- with the -yla of Kyla
Meaning borrowed from Janyla.
Is Janylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Janylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,130th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were named Janylah, making it the 3,130th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 91 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Janylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 156 girls in the US were given Janylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,255, up from #3,130 for this spelling alone.
Janylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #3,130 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,156 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 85 | #2,190 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Janylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Zaniyah, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Zaliyah, Jaziyah, Kamiyah, Zariah, Aziyah, Alaiyah, Jalayah, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Janylah
Names related to Janylah
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, “Janylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janylah, updated 20 October 2026.