Janel
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 424 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,023since 1933
Janel over time
Rank among girls' names. Janel has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,659 | 42 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,624 | 43 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,779 | 64 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,663 | 69 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,047 | 57 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,240 | 78 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,970 | 92 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,142 | 78 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,765 | 101 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,801 | 96 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,580 | 106 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,350 | 130 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,449 | 114 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,133 | 160 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,090 | 163 | — | |
| 1994 | #977 | 189 | — | |
| 1993 | #930 | 203 | — | |
| 1992 | #885 | 223 | — | |
| 1991 | #847 | 236 | — | |
| 1990 | #966 | 194 | — | |
| 1989 | #800 | 238 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #734 | 255 | — | |
| 1987 | #666 | 280 | — | |
| 1986 | #750 | 231 | — | |
| 1985 | #863 | 185 | — | |
| 1984 | #778 | 207 | — | |
| 1983 | #726 | 228 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #636 | 283 | — | |
| 1981 | #568 | 324 | — | |
| 1980 | #507 | 397 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #530 | 359 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #475 | 413 | — | |
| 1977 | #491 | 387 | — | |
| 1976 | #514 | 346 | — | |
| 1975 | #513 | 346 | — | |
| 1974 | #545 | 310 | — | |
| 1973 | #512 | 333 | — | |
| 1972 | #495 | 357 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #470 | 424 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #508 | 386 | — | |
| 1969 | #559 | 312 | — | |
| 1968 | #607 | 252 | — | |
| 1967 | #723 | 184 | — | |
| 1966 | #952 | 114 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,019 | 105 | — | |
| 1964 | #917 | 130 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,043 | 106 | — | |
| 1962 | #967 | 121 | — | |
| 1961 | #908 | 142 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,025 | 110 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,023 | 107 | — | |
| 1958 | #988 | 110 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,033 | 103 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,105 | 87 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,087 | 86 | — | |
| 1954 | #958 | 102 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,028 | 83 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,019 | 83 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,076 | 73 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,223 | 55 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Janel! It came in at #4,218, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1934, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Janel is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#119 · 1 in 439
- South Dakota#163 · 1 in 638
- Hawaii#177 · 1 in 557
- Minnesota#180 · 1 in 1,003
- Idaho#224 · 1 in 947
Best ever in a state: #101 in North Dakota, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #119 | 9 | 1 in 439 |
| South Dakota | #163 | 6 | 1 in 638 |
| Hawaii | #177 | 8 | 1 in 557 |
| Minnesota | #180 | 24 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Idaho | #224 | 5 | 1 in 947 |
| Nebraska | #272 | 6 | 1 in 1,559 |
| Oregon | #275 | 9 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Iowa | #286 | 9 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Washington | #299 | 11 | 1 in 1,745 |
| Pennsylvania | #355 | 28 | 1 in 2,575 |
| Louisiana | #361 | 13 | 1 in 2,040 |
| Michigan | #393 | 20 | 1 in 3,095 |
| Wisconsin | #407 | 7 | 1 in 3,929 |
| Colorado | #409 | 6 | 1 in 2,623 |
| Virginia | #410 | 9 | 1 in 3,289 |
| Arizona | #435 | 6 | 1 in 2,412 |
| Missouri | #453 | 8 | 1 in 3,910 |
| New Jersey | #477 | 11 | 1 in 3,703 |
| California | #485 | 43 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Kentucky | #506 | 5 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Illinois | #525 | 17 | 1 in 4,388 |
| Ohio | #552 | 13 | 1 in 5,727 |
| Massachusetts | #565 | 5 | 1 in 6,845 |
| Florida | #669 | 8 | 1 in 5,560 |
| New York | #676 | 17 | 1 in 6,520 |
| Texas | #990 | 9 | 1 in 10,708 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Janel
- 3,985 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #10,917)
- 6,160 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #10,917)
- 6,429 spots since 2015 (#4,488 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1967 (#952 → #723)
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1990 (#800 → #966)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1971 at #470 (424 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1966–1994
- Highest: 1 in 3,709 girls born in 1978 were named Janel (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #470 in 1971, was only 1 in 3,924 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.4% of all girls named Janel (3,661) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 80 | #1,356 (1935) | #2,911 |
| 1940s | 244 | #1,154 (1949) | #2,294 |
| 1950s | 913 | #958 (1954) | #1,040 |
| 1960s | 1,576 | #559 (1969) | #872 |
| 1970s | 3,661 | #470 (1971) | #505 |
| 1980s | 2,628 | #507 (1980) | #703 |
| 1990s | 1,718 | #847 (1991) | #1,121 |
| 2000s | 750 | #1,765 (2001) | #2,421 |
| 2010s | 347 | #3,624 (2010) | #4,258 |
| 2020s | 106 | #4,757 (2020) | #7,007 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Janel in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 4,261 of them was named Janel, which outranked 94.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 324,322 of them was named Janel, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 765 names at #4,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.