Girls' name · since 1994
Janelie
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 71 babies named Janelie, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
71 babies have been named Janelie since 1994, making it today's #15675 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janelie has been recorded 71 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #15675 nationally and more common than 9% 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 1994 to 2025.
- #30,951 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,675 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 71 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janelie ranks #30,951 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,675 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 71 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janelie's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Janelie compares
71 20th percentile among 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
Janelie's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janelie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 71 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janelie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janelie splits its recorded history at 2008: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Janelie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (40 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Janelie's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Janelie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 40 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Janelie's data
- Janelie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Janelie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Janelie 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.