Janel — #6943 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janel

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,015 babies named Janel between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janel currently holds the #6943 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 424 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 3,661 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Janel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,556 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Janel in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,015 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.