Janessa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Janessa: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #2,325, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2325highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Janessa's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2015	#5730
2016	#3214
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2020	#3447
2021	#3961
2022	#2325
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

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 15 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2325 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Janessa 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 Janessa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	28	7 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Janessa appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2325 in England and Wales in 2022.

Janessa'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,325, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Abdulahad · #2325, 12y
Ada-May · #2325, 10y
Aliha · #2325, 15y
Azrael · #2325, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eirlys · #2325, 18y
Khawla · #2325, 17y
Mumin · #2325, 17y
Oceane · #2325, 20y

Janessa 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 Janessa without appearing here.

Janessa moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Janessa

Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2499.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Carter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #4843.
Rory Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #5730.

Moved the opposite way to Janessa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Janessa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Janessa went from #3795 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2325 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Janessa

Janessa at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Janessa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Janessa at a glance

What stands out in Janessa's record

Janessa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Janessa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Janessa and the names beside it

Janessa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Janessa

Moved the opposite way to Janessa

Moved the same way as Janessa