Janayah first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1997. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2007, 51 babies received the name (ranked #3301). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #5968), with roughly 22 babies named Janayah each year. Janayah's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 739 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.