Janel

Where Janel comes from

Janel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1933
    First appearance
    #4,218 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Janel Moloney born
    American actress
  3. 1971
    Peak, #470
    424 babies named Janel — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #778.
  5. 1988
    Janel Parrish born
    American actress and singer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Janel Parrish · American actress and singer, born 1988
  • Janel Moloney · American actress, born 1969
  • Janel McCarville · American basketball player, born 1982
  • Janel Jorgensen · American swimmer, born 1971
  • Janel Curry · American geographer, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.