Janaki

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Janaki: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Janaki: Recorded since 1997, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #885, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#885highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Janaki's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1998	#3848
2010	#5707
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2023	#4056
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 10 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Janaki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Janaki in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	9	3 of 10	3
2020sbusiest	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Janaki appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #885 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Janaki's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #885, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
11 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#885position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Janae · #899, 28y
Janai · #3422, 15y
Janaya · #1569, 20y
Jane · #25, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aayra · #885, 12y
Adrielle · #885, 11y
Aria-Mae · #885, 11y
Atara · #885, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Afra · #885, 27y
Fatiha · #885, 28y
Hadassah · #885, 30y
Heba · #885, 30y

Janaki was ranked #885 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Janaki and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Janaki without appearing here.

Janaki moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Janaki

Blake Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2738 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2203.
Linnea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2392.
Francis Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #3214.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1392.

Moved the opposite way to Janaki

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Janaki

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janaki went from #2738 to #4843 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #885 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Janaki

Janaki at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Janaki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Janaki at a glance

What stands out in Janaki's record

Janaki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Janaki appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Janaki

Janaki and the names beside it

Janaki moved ahead of

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