Given name & surname

Janah

Janah is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Janah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Janah through the years

Babies since 1880
351
0 boys · 351 girls
Most popular year
2007
18 babies
2025
5
#15,899 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
02.557.510198020002025Highest share 20023.1
Janah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1961–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,899 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 399 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Janah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Jahni

12Very rareCooling

10% boys · 90% girls

Modern

Ayunna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jahdae

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janiaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jenniyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janala

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kenah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Janah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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