Girls' name · since 1988
Janelli
Janelli has 291 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,169 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,268 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janelli is the #11268 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 291 recorded since 1988.
Janelli has 291 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11268 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #16,169 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,268 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 291 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janelli ranks #16,169 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,268 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 291 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,169 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,268 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Janelli's 291 recorded births place it above 77.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Janelli compares
291 44th percentile among 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
Janelli's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janelli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 291 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janelli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janelli's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janelli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Janelli by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (100 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Janelli's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Janelli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 100 births (34% of all-time use).
Janelli by state
Where Janelli concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 6.9% |
20 of 291 births nationwide.
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What to do with Janelli's data
- Janelli's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Janellis (20 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 Janelli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Janelli 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.