How Many People Are Named Janay?
An estimated 5,599 people in the United States have the first name Janay. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Janay peaked in popularity in 1987 with 596 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janay as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Janay paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
5,599
About 1 in 61,217 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
1987
596 births
Total Registered
5,817
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janay
Janay is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 5,817 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Janay as a female name
Ranked #7,358 in 2024
15 female births in 2024
Peak: 1987 (596 births)
Janay: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janay span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 2,101 babies were registered. Janay has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Janay by Decade
How has Janay tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Janay by State
Birth registrations for Janay span all 32 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Florida. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Nevada, Kentucky. On average, about 125 Janays were registered per state.
Janay + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janay as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Janay: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janay?
We estimate approximately 5,599 people named Janay are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 61,217 Americans share this first name.
Is Janay a common name?
Janay is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 5,817 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janay most popular?
Janay reached peak popularity in 1987, when 596 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janay is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janay a female name?
Janay is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janay Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janay Smith, Janay Johnson, Janay Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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