How Many People Are Named Janessa?
people named Janessa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,571 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,722 babies named Janessa in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
556 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Elaborated form of JANE, influenced by VANESSA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Janessa in English. Counting Janessa and these spellings together, about 17,663 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Janessa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Janessa alive today is about 22 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Janessa first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2009, to 556 babies. In 2025, 117 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Janessa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #524, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #1,741.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,741 |
| Best rank | #524 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #609 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Janessa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Janessa were born in California than in any other state: about 2,824 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Janessa was given 3.6 times as often in New Mexico, 2.8 times in Utah and 2.1 times in Colorado.
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