Janelle
- #799 for girls in 2025, 340 births
- Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 1,416 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 56,881since 1912
Janelle over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Janelle has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #799 | 340 | — | |
| 2024 | #775 | 363 | — | |
| 2023 | #692 | 418 | — | |
| 2022 | #670 | 435 | — | |
| 2021 | #663 | 448 | — | |
| 2020 | #669 | 427 | — | |
| 2019 | #553 | 549 | — | |
| 2018 | #583 | 527 | — | |
| 2017 | #499 | 628 | — | |
| 2016 | #477 | 667 | — | |
| 2015 | #470 | 680 | — | |
| 2014 | #450 | 713 | — | |
| 2013 | #396 | 777 | — | |
| 2012 | #426 | 739 | — | |
| 2011 | #391 | 813 | — | |
| 2010 | #392 | 813 | — | |
| 2009 | #405 | 781 | — | |
| 2008 | #372 | 884 | — | |
| 2007 | #399 | 817 | — | |
| 2006 | #390 | 824 | — | |
| 2005 | #517 | 571 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #545 | 526 | — | |
| 2003 | #484 | 606 | — | |
| 2002 | #480 | 585 | — | |
| 2001 | #472 | 588 | — | |
| 2000 | #470 | 591 | — | |
| 1999 | #442 | 609 | — | |
| 1998 | #413 | 647 | — | |
| 1997 | #399 | 654 | — | |
| 1996 | #386 | 687 | — | |
| 1995 | #339 | 779 | — | |
| 1994 | #314 | 867 | — | |
| 1993 | #282 | 980 | — | |
| 1992 | #261 | 1,071 | — | |
| 1991 | #257 | 1,088 | — | |
| 1990 | #257 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1989 | #232 | 1,184 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #209 | 1,247 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #216 | 1,218 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #216 | 1,220 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #197 | 1,360 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #212 | 1,220 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #218 | 1,165 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #213 | 1,245 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #203 | 1,317 | — | |
| 1980 | #194 | 1,395 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #186 | 1,416 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #186 | 1,384 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #232 | 1,069 | — | |
| 1976 | #302 | 760 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #310 | 733 | — | |
| 1974 | #344 | 634 | — | |
| 1973 | #349 | 609 | — | |
| 1972 | #370 | 586 | — | |
| 1971 | #368 | 642 | — | |
| 1970 | #387 | 606 | — | |
| 1969 | #351 | 665 | — | |
| 1968 | #384 | 568 | — | |
| 1967 | #398 | 522 | — | |
| 1966 | #431 | 473 | — | |
| 1965 | #435 | 472 | — | |
| 1964 | #413 | 560 | — | |
| 1963 | #463 | 441 | — | |
| 1962 | #451 | 451 | — | |
| 1961 | #469 | 431 | — | |
| 1960 | #465 | 442 | — | |
| 1959 | #490 | 393 | — | |
| 1958 | #472 | 407 | — | |
| 1957 | #468 | 409 | — | |
| 1956 | #485 | 368 | — | |
| 1955 | #435 | 419 | — | |
| 1954 | #455 | 376 | — | |
| 1953 | #469 | 331 | — | |
| 1952 | #476 | 310 | — | |
| 1951 | #543 | 240 | — | |
| 1950 | #486 | 275 | — | |
| 1949 | #502 | 262 | — | |
| 1948 | #514 | 256 | — | |
| 1947 | #611 | 189 | — | |
| 1946 | #703 | 131 | — | |
| 1945 | #618 | 138 | — | |
| 1944 | #651 | 129 | — | |
| 1943 | #786 | 98 | — | |
| 1942 | #748 | 102 | — | |
| 1941 | #741 | 92 | — | |
| 1940 | #686 | 102 | — | |
| 1939 | #628 | 116 | — | |
| 1938 | #614 | 122 | — | |
| 1937 | #646 | 110 | — | |
| 1936 | #627 | 111 | — | |
| 1935 | #705 | 91 | — | |
| 1934 | #756 | 78 | — | |
| 1933 | #801 | 69 | — | |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 | — | |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,045 | 51 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Janelle! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Janelle is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#417 · 1 in 1,849
- New Jersey#447 · 1 in 2,088
- California#498 · 1 in 2,414
- Nevada#508 · 1 in 1,840
- North Carolina#534 · 1 in 2,324
Best ever in a state: #46 in Hawaii, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #417 | 13 | 1 in 1,849 |
| New Jersey | #447 | 17 | 1 in 2,088 |
| California | #498 | 67 | 1 in 2,414 |
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| North Carolina | #534 | 20 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Texas | #633 | 49 | 1 in 3,276 |
| Virginia | #662 | 11 | 1 in 3,067 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Washington | #679 | 9 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Florida | #692 | 24 | 1 in 3,615 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Arizona | #748 | 8 | 1 in 3,527 |
| Georgia | #748 | 13 | 1 in 3,478 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| New York | #859 | 18 | 1 in 4,352 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
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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 Janelle
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 130 spots since 2020 (#669 → #799)
- Biggest jump: 142 spots in 1931
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1979 at #186 (1,416 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1931–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,107
- Highest: 1 in 1,107 girls born in 1978 were named Janelle (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,727 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #186 in 1979, was only 1 in 1,134 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 22.1% of all girls named Janelle (12,571) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 84 | #2,143 (1915) | #2,593 |
| 1920s | 280 | #1,045 (1926) | #1,678 |
| 1930s | 857 | #614 (1938) | #771 |
| 1940s | 1,499 | #502 (1949) | #656 |
| 1950s | 3,528 | #435 (1955) | #478 |
| 1960s | 5,025 | #351 (1969) | #426 |
| 1970s | 8,439 | #186 (1979) | #303 |
| 1980s | 12,571 | #194 (1980) | #211 |
| 1990s | 8,488 | #257 (1990) | #335 |
| 2000s | 6,773 | #372 (2008) | #453 |
| 2010s | 6,906 | #391 (2011) | #464 |
| 2020s | 2,431 | #663 (2021) | #711 |
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.
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