Janelle — #775 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Janelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 56,537 babies named Janelle between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janelle currently holds the #775 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 1,416 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12,571 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Janelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,536 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Janelle in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janelle 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 56,537 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.