Janell
Janell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. Its best rank was 490th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1979416 births
- Best rank
- #490in 1979
- Since 1914
- 15,713people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,713 girls have been named Janell in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 416 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 1970s alone account for 18%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | |
| 1920s | 296 | |
| 1930s | 601 | |
| 1940s | 1,031 | |
| 1950s | 2,034 | |
| 1960s | 2,537 | |
| 1970s | 2,852 | |
| 1980s | 2,756 | |
| 1990s | 1,732 | |
| 2000s | 1,127 | |
| 2010s | 569 | |
| 2020s | 143 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Janell was the 490th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Janell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Davidapeak 1972
- Joleenpeak 1974
- Jannapeak 1979
- Jenellpeak 1981
- Janitapeak 1963
- Guillerminapeak 1966
- Adriennepeak 1983
- Jenicepeak 1961
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.