Jannel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jannel

The Social Security Administration has registered 505 babies named Jannel between 1963 and 2018, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jannel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jannel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jannel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jannel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jannel 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 505 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.