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
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 416 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,733since 1914
Janell over time
Rank among girls' names. Janell 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 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,039 | 36 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,778 | 38 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,080 | 54 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,870 | 59 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,401 | 77 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,156 | 88 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,059 | 96 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,695 | 131 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,786 | 123 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,792 | 119 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,771 | 117 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,160 | 85 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,614 | 120 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,925 | 94 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #1,654 | 111 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,750 | 102 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,422 | 123 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,226 | 149 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,218 | 147 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,219 | 145 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,169 | 147 | — | |
| 1994 | #973 | 191 | — | |
| 1993 | #999 | 185 | — | |
| 1992 | #904 | 216 | — | |
| 1991 | #942 | 202 | — | |
| 1990 | #864 | 227 | — | |
| 1989 | #861 | 216 | — | |
| 1988 | #780 | 241 | — | |
| 1987 | #738 | 245 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #734 | 242 | — | |
| 1985 | #686 | 260 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #618 | 288 | — | |
| 1983 | #611 | 286 | — | |
| 1982 | #590 | 308 | — | |
| 1981 | #562 | 330 | — | |
| 1980 | #547 | 340 | — | |
| 1979 | #490 | 416 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #537 | 334 | — | |
| 1977 | #628 | 267 | — | |
| 1976 | #566 | 293 | — | |
| 1975 | #562 | 298 | — | |
| 1974 | #701 | 209 | — | |
| 1973 | #605 | 258 | — | |
| 1972 | #670 | 223 | — | |
| 1971 | #608 | 280 | — | |
| 1970 | #621 | 274 | — | |
| 1969 | #618 | 258 | — | |
| 1968 | #594 | 261 | — | |
| 1967 | #617 | 236 | — | |
| 1966 | #623 | 233 | — | |
| 1965 | #562 | 286 | — | |
| 1964 | #635 | 259 | — | |
| 1963 | #692 | 213 | — | |
| 1962 | #591 | 282 | — | |
| 1961 | #610 | 275 | — | |
| 1960 | #663 | 234 | — | |
| 1959 | #677 | 218 | — | |
| 1958 | #673 | 216 | — | |
| 1957 | #630 | 239 | — | |
| 1956 | #654 | 215 | — | |
| 1955 | #663 | 199 | — | |
| 1954 | #548 | 263 | — | |
| 1953 | #628 | 200 | — | |
| 1952 | #662 | 179 | — | |
| 1951 | #721 | 147 | — | |
| 1950 | #675 | 158 | — | |
| 1949 | #641 | 168 | — | |
| 1948 | #881 | 97 | — | |
| 1947 | #719 | 140 | — | |
| 1946 | #776 | 112 | — | |
| 1945 | #842 | 80 | — | |
| 1944 | #793 | 93 | — | |
| 1943 | #762 | 103 | — | |
| 1942 | #873 | 78 | — | |
| 1941 | #821 | 77 | — | |
| 1940 | #772 | 83 | — | |
| 1939 | #766 | 79 | — | |
| 1938 | #792 | 79 | — | |
| 1937 | #796 | 74 | — | |
| 1936 | #711 | 88 | — | |
| 1935 | #813 | 70 | — | |
| 1934 | #888 | 59 | — | |
| 1933 | #999 | 48 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,097 | 48 | — | |
| 1926 | #748 | 92 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
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| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#244 · 1 in 1,307
- Utah#260 · 1 in 1,461
- New Mexico#263 · 1 in 1,084
- Idaho#275 · 1 in 1,381
- District of Columbia#282 · 1 in 1,112
Best ever in a state: #125 in North Dakota, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #244 | 11 | 1 in 1,307 |
| Utah | #260 | 11 | 1 in 1,461 |
| New Mexico | #263 | 8 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Idaho | #275 | 5 | 1 in 1,381 |
| District of Columbia | #282 | 5 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Washington | #285 | 15 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Minnesota | #325 | 11 | 1 in 2,525 |
| Colorado | #327 | 10 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Oregon | #330 | 9 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Wisconsin | #342 | 11 | 1 in 2,781 |
| Indiana | #377 | 12 | 1 in 3,020 |
| Ohio | #401 | 22 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Pennsylvania | #412 | 21 | 1 in 3,258 |
| Michigan | #416 | 18 | 1 in 3,310 |
| Louisiana | #422 | 12 | 1 in 2,438 |
| Iowa | #443 | 5 | 1 in 3,940 |
| California | #460 | 57 | 1 in 2,865 |
| New Jersey | #467 | 11 | 1 in 3,381 |
| Virginia | #469 | 8 | 1 in 3,648 |
| Arizona | #489 | 6 | 1 in 2,977 |
| Maryland | #501 | 5 | 1 in 3,895 |
| North Carolina | #508 | 8 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Florida | #517 | 13 | 1 in 3,606 |
| Missouri | #519 | 7 | 1 in 4,613 |
| Illinois | #521 | 19 | 1 in 3,931 |
| Massachusetts | #523 | 6 | 1 in 5,108 |
| New York | #599 | 22 | 1 in 4,497 |
| Texas | #643 | 23 | 1 in 4,831 |
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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 Janell
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1979 at #490 (416 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1933–1994
- 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%)
- 18.1% of all girls named Janell (2,852) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #3,244 (1918) | #3,590 |
| 1920s | 296 | #748 (1926) | #1,922 |
| 1930s | 601 | #711 (1936) | #964 |
| 1940s | 1,031 | #641 (1949) | #788 |
| 1950s | 2,034 | #548 (1954) | #653 |
| 1960s | 2,537 | #562 (1965) | #621 |
| 1970s | 2,852 | #490 (1979) | #599 |
| 1980s | 2,756 | #547 (1980) | #673 |
| 1990s | 1,732 | #864 (1990) | #1,094 |
| 2000s | 1,128 | #1,456 (2000) | #1,760 |
| 2010s | 569 | #2,059 (2010) | #3,183 |
| 2020s | 162 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 3,859 of them was named Janell, which outranked 95.9% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Janell, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.