Name meaning & stats
Janay
Janay means “God is gracious” (French origin). 5,832 US babies since 1940, peak 1987.
What it means
“God is gracious”
FrenchSpelling of Janie
In US birth records
Peak year: 1987
5,832 US babies were named Janay between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Janay (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 13 Janies spell it Janay
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1987)