Girls' name · since 1917
Janella
1,968 babies named Janella in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,911 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,968
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Janella currently ranks #8911 among girls' names in America, with 1,968 babies recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janella has been recorded 1,968 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #8911 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #4,750 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,911 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,968 born since 1917
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janella ranks #4,750 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,911 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,968 born since 1917, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,911 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,968
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Janella's 1,968 recorded births place it above 93.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Janella compares
1,968 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Janella's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,968 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janella splits its recorded history at 1974: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Janella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (410 births, 21% of the file).
1970s was Janella's strongest decade.
410 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Janella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 41
1920s
41 births
- 1930s 82
1930s
82 births
- 1940s 129
1940s
129 births
- 1950s
1950s
209 births
- 1960s
1960s
179 births
- 1970s
1970s
410 births
- 1980s
1980s
274 births
- 1990s
1990s
194 births
- 2000s 129
2000s
129 births
- 2010s
2010s
234 births
- 2020s 82
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 410 births (21% of all-time use).
How Janella 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 Janella's total volume
Janella by state
Where Janella concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 102 | 5.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 28 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 13 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 5 | 0.3% |
102 of 1,968 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Janella's data
- Janella's decade-level peak was the 1970s (410 total births); usage has since declined to 82 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Janellas (102 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 Janella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Janella 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.