Janylah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 58 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
58
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Janylah by the numbers

Janylah was given to 58 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 63 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Janylah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Janylah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Janylah

Names that are said the same way as Janylah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Janellagod is gracious; a form of Janelle or Jane4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Janiyla26 in the US (2017)
  • Janayla13 in the US (2017)
  • Janila10 in the US (2017)
  • Janilah7 in the US (2017)
  • Jahnyla5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Janylah

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