Janielle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Janielle

The Social Security Administration has registered 623 babies named Janielle between 1944 and 2023, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janielle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janielle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Janielle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Janielle in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janielle 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 623 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.