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Janay Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Janay?

In 2018 the rare name Janay, ranked the 5,346th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Janay is currently less popular.

Position 388, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1987 with 596 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Janay was less than 5, most recently in 1966.

Approximately during the years 1968-1973, 1980-1983, and 1984-1987, the name Janay took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1987-1993, 1995-1999, 2005-2008, and 2011-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Janay has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Janay lately has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Janay?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Janay is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Janay has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Janay (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 24 5,346
2017 30 4,603
2016 35 4,183
2015 54 3,098
2014 58 2,944
2013 63 2,735
2012 74 2,478
2011 113 1,794
2010 113 1,810
2009 95 2,123
2008 73 2,563
2007 92 2,166
2006 94 2,085
2005 128 1,592
2004 101 1,876
2003 118 1,633
2002 124 1,525
2001 122 1,529
2000 114 1,562
1999 122 1,434
1998 143 1,265
1997 204 969
1996 192 985
1995 245 809
1994 221 882
1993 173 1,058
1992 248 811
1991 261 784
1990 292 717
1989 315 651
1988 429 513
1987 596 388
1986 47 2,204
1985 37 2,615
1984 40 2,397
1983 42 2,284
1982 34 2,721
1981 32 2,804
1980 24 3,442
1979 34 2,638
1978 36 2,446
1977 29 2,799
1976 29 2,680
1975 11 5,277
1974 25 2,865
1973 71 1,391
1972 29 2,477
1971 15 4,016
1970 12 4,599
1969 10 4,838
1968 11 4,310
1967 13 3,734
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1963 12 3,877
1962 6 6,146
1961 12 3,865
1960 5 6,740
1959 5 6,631
1958 9 4,305
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.