Janessa
Rank in 2025
#1733
recorded as girls
Down 165 since 2024
Babies in 2025
117
girls 117
Peak year
2009
556 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
14,722
since 1954
Born a Janessa? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Janessa was most popular in 2009, when 556 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.30 per 1,000). In 2025, 117 babies were named Janessa, ranking #1733 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 38%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | 1733 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 135 | 1568 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 166 | 1356 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 206 | 1172 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 209 | 1169 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 208 | 1140 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 227 | 1094 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 272 | 971 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 303 | 890 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 313 | 894 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 397 | 716 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 368 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 407 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 426 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 451 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 527 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 556 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 536 | 574 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 547 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 488 | 596 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 488 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 544 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 465 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 390 | 647 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 352 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 346 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 321 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 319 | 699 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 304 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 307 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 264 | 765 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 311 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 272 | 760 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 291 | 730 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 370 | 610 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 318 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 246 | 785 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 242 | 775 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 212 | 822 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 205 | 820 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 152 | 1002 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 155 | 945 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 132 | 1049 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 131 | 1083 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 132 | 1068 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 117 | 1152 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 79 | 1496 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 58 | 1765 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 45 | 2091 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 33 | 2439 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 36 | 2278 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 26 | 2757 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 26 | 2689 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 20 | 3177 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 18 | 3508 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 21 | 3110 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 11 | 4418 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | 2789 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | 4096 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | 4539 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 11 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 11 | 4009 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 9 | 4202 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 9 | 4161 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 7 | 4655 | <5 | — |
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- Florida1.7×
- Arizona1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.