A reliable meaning for Janaiah 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 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Janaiah through the years
Babies since 1880
171
0 boys · 171 girls
Most popular year
2007
14 babies
2025
10
#9,734 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−47%
Cooling
Janaiah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, 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 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,734 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2007.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.