Is Janai a boy or girl name?

Janai is a girl’s name. Of the 3,193 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 97.1% were girls and 2.9% were boys.

Janai

Recorded 1960–2025 · United States

Janai was most popular in 2006, when 118 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,075 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,193 people named Janai.

Janai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Janai’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Janai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Janai is a girl’s name — 97.1% of the 3,193 Americans given it were girls and 2.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 98% girls and 2% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Janai

Where Janai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org