girls:
1.1k births since 1997
#4579 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1997
#6602 (15th percentile)
The name Janyah is the #6,602 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,137 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,579 (19.9% percentile) for all time with 1,137 births since 1997.
Janyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (first recorded for girls in 1997).
For girls, Janyah reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #870) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 46 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Janyah ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 17.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Janyah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Janyah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Janya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Janya..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Janyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.0% confident that Janyah is pronounced as JA-nyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-nyuh, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like JH AE1 N Y AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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