Janell Girl
How popular is Janell?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Janell in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Janell popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▼ 2286 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,533 in 2015, #3,777 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1979 (416 girls) |
| Highest rank | #490 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janell counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Janelle family of names ranked #707 for girls in 2025 (#652 the year before), with 373 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Janell is most popular
Babies named Janell per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Janell by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #3,243 |
| 1920s | 296 | #748 |
| 1930s | 601 | #711 |
| 1940s | 1,031 | #640 |
| 1950s | 2,034 | #547 |
| 1960s | 2,537 | #562 |
| 1970s | 2,852 | #490 |
| 1980s | 2,756 | #547 |
| 1990s | 1,732 | #863 |
| 2000s | 1,128 | #1,454 |
| 2010s | 569 | #2,059 |
| 2020s | 162 | #3,777 |
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Questions
- Is Janell a boy or girl name?
- Janell is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janell were girls.
- How popular is the name Janell?
- 18 baby girls were named Janell in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Janell most popular?
- Janell peaked in 1979, when 416 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #490 in 1979.
- How many people are named Janell?
- 15,756 babies have been named Janell in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,714 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 48.
- Where is Janell most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janell was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.