Given name
Janya
“a lively woman; one who gives life”
Janya is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a lively woman; one who gives life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a lively woman; one who gives life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Janya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,374
- 0 boys · 2,374 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 234 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,961 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,961 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 234 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,860 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.
Janya’s family of names
Janya has a related form in Janiya. Janya has a related form in Janiyah. Janya has a related form in Janyah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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