Given name

Janye

Janye is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Janye 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 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Janye through the years

Babies since 1880
69
0 boys · 69 girls
Most popular year
2005
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Janye in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2005–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 151 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.

JanyeJanie

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 Janye, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Jahdae

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janneth

“God is gracious”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janiaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jadeth

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jahni

12Very rareCooling

10% boys · 90% girls

Modern

Jiniyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jazzmyn

Jazzmyn is a variant of Jasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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