Janell — #4112 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janell

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,713 babies named Janell between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janell currently holds the #4112 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 416 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,852 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Janell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,937 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Janell in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janell 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 15,713 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.