Janelle Girl
How popular is Janelle?
#799 girl name in 2025
340 baby girls were named Janelle in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
Janelle popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #799 for girls (▼ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 340 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #470 in 2015, #669 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1979 (1,416 girls) |
| Highest rank | #186 in 1978 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janelle 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 Janelle is most popular
Babies named Janelle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (367 girls)
- Texas: 0.4 per 1,000 (318 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (41 girls)
Janelle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 84 | #2,142 |
| 1920s | 280 | #1,045 |
| 1930s | 857 | #614 |
| 1940s | 1,499 | #501 |
| 1950s | 3,528 | #434 |
| 1960s | 5,025 | #351 |
| 1970s | 8,439 | #186 |
| 1980s | 12,571 | #194 |
| 1990s | 8,488 | #257 |
| 2000s | 6,773 | #372 |
| 2010s | 6,906 | #391 |
| 2020s | 2,431 | #663 |
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Questions
- Is Janelle a boy or girl name?
- Janelle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janelle were girls.
- How popular is the name Janelle?
- 340 baby girls were named Janelle in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
- When was Janelle most popular?
- Janelle peaked in 1979, when 1,416 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #186, held for 2 years starting in 1978.
- How many people are named Janelle?
- 56,967 babies have been named Janelle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 53,265 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Janelle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janelle was most common in Maryland, at 0.4 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.