Janessa

Girl · recorded 1954–2025

  • #1,733in 2025
  • 1 in 13,737girls in 2025
  • −67%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 2009.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1954

015230319541972199020072025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 67 recorded years as a table
Janessa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19544
19553
19564
19574
19615
19626
19635
19646
19676
196813
19697
197012
197111
197213
197318
197418
197525
197623
197729
197838
197949
198070
198179
198277
198379
198492
198588
1986119
1987122
1988136
1989133
1990167
1991197
1992158
1993150
1994174
1995150
1996175
1997175
1998181
1999181
2000191
2001195
2002217
2003254
2004296
2005264
2006257
2007285
2008283
2009303
2010296
2011256
2012242
2013232
2014206
2015222
2016177
2017176
2018160
2019135
2020129
2021127
2022126
2023103
202483
202573

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 2.2×
  2. California 1.6×
  3. Texas 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
117
Rank in 2025
#1,733
How rare
1 in 13,737 girls
Since 1954
14,722

Most popular in 2009, at 303 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 67% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania2.2×26
California1.6×70
Texas1.3×54

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.