Feminine dossier · first seen 1952

Janay

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Janay
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.5% from peak

Peak era

1987

Peak rank proxy

596

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1952Peak 19872024

Peak year

1987

Decline from peak

97.5%

2024

All-time

5,817

Janay once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1987, when 596 girls were named Janay.

In 2024, only 15 girls were given the name.

Down 97.5% from its peak.

All told, about 5,817 Americans have been named Janay and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1952.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.5% from peak

1987596 girls named Janay

202415 girls named Janay

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