Janessa is an established girls' name that peaked in 2009 and has grown less common since.
Janessa is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,741 for girl births in the United States (and #3,190 across all names), given to 117 babies. Janessa first appears in 1954 and peaked in 2009 (556 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | 117 | #1,741 |
| 2024 | 135 | 135 | #1,571 |
| 2023 | 166 | 166 | #1,357 |
| 2022 | 206 | 206 | #1,174 |
| 2021 | 209 | 209 | #1,172 |
| 2020 | 208 | 208 | #1,142 |
| 2019 | 227 | 227 | #1,095 |
| 2018 | 272 | 272 | #972 |
| 2017 | 303 | 303 | #891 |
| 2016 | 313 | 313 | #894 |
| 2015 | 397 | 397 | #716 |
| 2014 | 368 | 368 | #761 |
| 2013 | 407 | 407 | #696 |
| 2012 | 426 | 426 | #665 |
| 2011 | 451 | 451 | #630 |
| 2010 | 527 | 527 | #554 |
| 2009 | 556 | 556 | #545 |
| 2008 | 536 | 536 | #574 |
| 2007 | 547 | 547 | #557 |
| 2006 | 488 | 488 | #596 |
| 2005 | 488 | 488 | #583 |
| 2004 | 544 | 544 | #524 |
| 2003 | 465 | 465 | #590 |
| 2002 | 390 | 390 | #647 |
| 2001 | 352 | 352 | #706 |
| 2000 | 346 | 346 | #686 |
| 1999 | 321 | 321 | #707 |
| 1998 | 319 | 319 | #699 |
| 1997 | 304 | — | #706 |
| 1996 | 307 | — | #702 |
| 1995 | 264 | — | #766 |
| 1994 | 311 | — | #680 |
| 1993 | 272 | — | #761 |
| 1992 | 291 | — | #730 |
| 1991 | 370 | — | #610 |
| 1990 | 318 | — | #676 |
| 1989 | 246 | — | #785 |
| 1988 | 242 | — | #775 |
| 1987 | 212 | — | #823 |
| 1986 | 205 | — | #820 |
| 1985 | 152 | — | #1,004 |
| 1984 | 155 | — | #946 |
| 1983 | 132 | — | #1,055 |
| 1982 | 131 | — | #1,084 |
| 1981 | 132 | — | #1,071 |
| 1980 | 117 | — | #1,154 |
| 1979 | 79 | — | #1,499 |
| 1978 | 58 | — | #1,771 |
| 1977 | 45 | — | #2,100 |
| 1976 | 33 | — | #2,454 |
| 1975 | 36 | — | #2,293 |
| 1974 | 26 | — | #2,786 |
| 1973 | 26 | — | #2,707 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | #3,213 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #3,564 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | #3,150 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #4,543 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | #2,817 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,421 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,199 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,678 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #4,103 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #4,108 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #4,355 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,283 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,469 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #4,883 |