Janelle
Janelle is ranked 776th among girls in 2024 (362 births). Its best rank was 186th, in 1978–1979.
- Rank in 2024
- #776down 83 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3620.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19791,416 births
- Best rank
- #186first in 1978
- Since 1912
- 56,537people given the name
The story in the numbers
56,537 girls have been named Janelle in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 1,416 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 451 → 776).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 22%. It has spent 94 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janelle | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 84 | |
| 1920s | 280 | |
| 1930s | 857 | |
| 1940s | 1,499 | |
| 1950s | 3,528 | |
| 1960s | 5,025 | |
| 1970s | 8,439 | |
| 1980s | 12,571 | |
| 1990s | 8,488 | |
| 2000s | 6,773 | |
| 2010s | 6,906 | |
| 2020s | 2,087 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Janelle was the 186th 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 Janelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alisonpeak 1980
- Elissapeak 1979
- Jenellepeak 1981
- Jannellepeak 1981
- Rachellpeak 1982
- Jaymiepeak 1991
- Tamarpeak 1977
- Holleypeak 1984
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.