Girls' name · since 2008
Janelise
18 babies named Janelise in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janelise is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 2008.
Janelise has 18 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2012.
- #46,999 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 2008
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janelise ranks #46,999 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2008, peaking in the 2000s.
- #46,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janelise's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janelise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janelise splits its recorded history at 2009: 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 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janelise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2012
- Peak year (2008)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Janelise by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Janelise's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Janelise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Janelise's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Janelise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2008–2012 (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 Janelise 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.