Girls' name · since 1989
Janeli
582 babies named Janeli in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 582
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janeli is the #3325 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 582 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeli has been recorded 582 times among girls since 1989, currently ranked #3325 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #10,750 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,325 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 582 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janeli ranks #10,750 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,325 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 582 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 582
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janeli's 582 recorded births place it above 85.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Janeli compares
582 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Janeli's all-time total is 55% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janeli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 582 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janeli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janeli's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 47, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janeli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Janeli by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (193 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Janeli's strongest decade.
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Janeli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
193 births
- 2010s
2010s
168 births
- 2020s
2020s
120 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 193 births (33% of all-time use).
How Janeli compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Janeli's total volume
Janeli by state
Where Janeli concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 5.5% |
80 of 582 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Janeli's data
- Janeli's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (193 total births) through the 2020s (120) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Janelis (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janeli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Janeli draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.