Girls' name · since 1948
Jannelle
1,178 babies named Jannelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,089 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,178
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jannelle currently ranks #12089 among girls' names in America, with 1,178 babies recorded since 1948.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jannelle has been recorded 1,178 times among girls since 1948, currently ranked #12089 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #6,702 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,089 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,178 born since 1948
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jannelle ranks #6,702 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,089 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,178 born since 1948, peaking in the 1980s.
- #6,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,089 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,178
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jannelle's 1,178 recorded births place it above 90.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jannelle compares
1,178 Top 30% higher than 70% of 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
Jannelle's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jannelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jannelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jannelle's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 44, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jannelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Jannelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (267 births, 23% of the file).
1980s was Jannelle's strongest decade.
267 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Jannelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 72
1950s
72 births
- 1960s 97
1960s
97 births
- 1970s
1970s
147 births
- 1980s
1980s
267 births
- 1990s
1990s
241 births
- 2000s
2000s
174 births
- 2010s
2010s
143 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 267 births (23% of all-time use).
How Jannelle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jannelle's total volume
Jannelle by state
Where Jannelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 183 | 15.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 23 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
183 of 1,178 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Jannelle's data
- Jannelle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (267 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jannelles (183 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jannelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Jannelle 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.