MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Janaki mean?
Jānakī is a patronymic form naming Sita through her father Janaka, giving the name a precise Ramayana association. Janaka is Sita's father, making Janaki a patronymic name. Sita marries Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, in the Ramayana.
Pronunciation
IAST: jānakī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जानकी
Letter-by-letter: jānakī
Conventional spelling
Telugu
జానకి
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Janaki in Indian usage
368,752 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (91.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 337,546 records (91.5%).
- Recorded as male: 31,206 records (8.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 4,665 |
| 1930s | 20,395 |
| 1940s | 40,579 |
| 1950s | 56,902 |
| 1960s | 79,730 |
| 1970s | 72,160 |
| 1980s | 62,910 |
| 1990s | 31,090 |
| Other decades | 321 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 77,357 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 63,483 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 54,590 |
| Odisha | 50,983 |
| Kerala | 41,534 |
| Jharkhand | 20,684 |
| Uttarakhand | 17,518 |
| Rajasthan | 15,600 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 9,332 |
| Delhi | 4,272 |
| Haryana | 3,394 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,926 |
| Assam | 1,818 |
| Punjab | 1,506 |
| Karnataka | 830 |
| Puducherry | 681 |
| Goa | 642 |
| Maharashtra | 473 |
| Tripura | 417 |
| Chandigarh | 269 |
| Meghalaya | 129 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 115 |
| Other states | 199 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Janaki / F | 9 | 2,788 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Janaki; Table_6, C2906 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Janaki; Table_6, C2906
- Wiktionary: Janaki ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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