Janzel — boys' name
22 babies named Janzel in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 boys have been named Janzel since 2011, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 22
- total births
- 2011–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 77%
- born in that decade
77% of everyone ever named Janzel was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Janzel in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janzel
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Janzel between 2011 and 2022, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Janzel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janzel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Janzel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janzel 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 22 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.
Janzel at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janzel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2011
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
22 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 7 births in a single year.
Janzel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 77% of Janzel's all-time total
Janzel decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Janzel's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.