Janell

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1979 · 416 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,733
since 1914

Janell over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Janell has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #490, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,32518—
2024#4,03936—
2023#5,96020—
2022#5,46523—
2021#4,83327—
2020#3,77838—
2019#3,71840—
2018#4,35732—
2017#3,99637—
2016#3,65642—
2015#3,53344—
2014#3,08054—
2013#2,87059—
2012#2,40177—
2011#2,15688—
2010#2,05996—
2009#1,695131—
2008#1,786123—
2007#1,792119—
2006#1,771117—
2005#2,16085—
2004#1,614120—
2003#1,92594#10,8945
2002#1,654111—
2001#1,750102—
2000#1,456126—
1999#1,422123—
1998#1,226149—
1997#1,218147—
1996#1,219145—
1995#1,169147—
1994#973191—
1993#999185—
1992#904216—
1991#942202—
1990#864227—
1989#861216—
1988#780241—
1987#738245#4,9688
1986#734242—
1985#686260#6,5235
1984#618288—
1983#611286—
1982#590308—
1981#562330—
1980#547340—
1979#490416#6,0565
1978#537334—
1977#628267—
1976#566293—
1975#562298—
1974#701209—
1973#605258—
1972#670223—
1971#608280—
1970#621274—
1969#618258—
1968#594261—
1967#617236—
1966#623233—
1965#562286—
1964#635259—
1963#692213—
1962#591282—
1961#610275—
1960#663234—
1959#677218—
1958#673216—
1957#630239—
1956#654215—
1955#663199—
1954#548263—
1953#628200—
1952#662179—
1951#721147—
1950#675158—
1949#641168—
1948#88197—
1947#719140—
1946#776112—
1945#84280—
1944#79393—
1943#762103—
1942#87378—
1941#82177—
1940#77283—
1939#76679—
1938#79279—
1937#79674—
1936#71188—
1935#81370—
1934#88859—
1933#99948—
1932#1,01548—
1931#1,45926—
1930#1,40330—
1929#1,25735—
1928#1,54127—
1927#1,09748—
1926#74892—
1925#1,79523—
1924#2,30816—
1923#2,73212—
1922#3,3799—
1921#2,28216—
1920#2,07918—
1919#3,4528—
1918#3,2449—
1917#4,0836—
1916#3,5527—
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Janell! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Janell is popular in 1914

No state had 5 or more girls named Janell in 1914, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,286 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #6,325)
  • 2,547 spots since 2020 (#3,778 → #6,325)
  • 2,792 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #6,325)
  • Biggest jump: 1,047 spots in 1926 (#1,795 → #748)
  • Biggest drop: 349 spots in 1927 (#748 → #1,097)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1979 at #490 (416 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1933–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,859
  • Highest: 1 in 3,859 girls born in 1979 were named Janell (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Janell (2,852) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s35#3,244 (1918)#3,590
1920s296#748 (1926)#1,922
1930s601#711 (1936)#964
1940s1,031#641 (1949)#788
1950s2,034#548 (1954)#653
1960s2,537#562 (1965)#621
1970s2,852#490 (1979)#599
1980s2,756#547 (1980)#673
1990s1,732#864 (1990)#1,094
2000s1,128#1,456 (2000)#1,760
2010s569#2,059 (2010)#3,183
2020s162#3,778 (2020)#5,067

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.

Janell in 1914

girls
#3,618
5 births · 1 in 152,316 girls

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #3,618Janell5
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 152,316 of them was named Janell, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Janell
  1. #3,188Zoa6
  2. #3,188Zoie6
  3. #3,188Zylphia6
  4. #3,618Janell5
  5. #3,618Aaron5
  6. #3,618Abelina5
  7. #3,618Adelee5

Tied with 588 names at #3,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 589Rilla#1,358 → #769
  2. ↑ 587Venita#1,465 → #878
  3. ↑ 509Orene#1,465 → #956
  4. ↑ 486Vonnie#1,405 → #919
  5. ↑ 463Kathlyn#1,020 → #557
Fallers
  1. ↓ 837Christena#981 → #1,818
  2. ↓ 642Tiny#961 → #1,603
  3. ↓ 504Dominga#881 → #1,385
  4. ↓ 504Florrie#881 → #1,385
  5. ↓ 419Veola#925 → #1,344

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914 →