Janella — #6935 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janella

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,957 babies named Janella between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janella currently holds the #6935 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janella performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 410 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Janella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Janella in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janella 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 1,957 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.