Girls' name · since 1941
Janellen
40 babies named Janellen in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1941
- 1950s
- peak decade
40 girls have been named Janellen since 1941, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janellen has been recorded 40 times among girls since 1941, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 1956.
- #37,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 1941
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janellen ranks #37,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1941, peaking in the 1950s.
- #37,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1941
- 1950s
- peak decade
Janellen's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janellen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Janellen splits its recorded history at 1951: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1941 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Janellen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1956
- Peak year (1947)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Janellen by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (22 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Janellen's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Janellen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 22 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janellen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1941–1956 (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 Janellen 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.