Janay
Janay is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 388th, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1987596 births
- Best rank
- #388in 1987
- Since 1952
- 5,817people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,817 girls have been named Janay in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 596 births.
The name has all but left use: 15 births in 2024, against 596 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 36%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1987, its biggest year
Janay was the 388th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Janay
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Britanipeak 1989
- Shainapeak 1988
- Caitlinpeak 1988
- Britanypeak 1989
- Malorypeak 1987
- Jerikapeak 1988
- Jericapeak 1988
- Malloripeak 1986
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.