US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE JANELLE

Same rise and fall as Janelle, around the same years.

WHERE JANELLE IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Janelle ranked highest in Iowa (#973) and lowest in Pennsylvania (#2,235). 30 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Janelle name popularity

Janelle has been given to 56,967 babies in the United States since 1912.

It peaked in 1979, when 1,421 babies got the name, and its best rank was #356 in 1979.

In 2025, 340 babies were named Janelle (#1,545 in the country), 76% below the peak. That is down 50% from 2015.

Almost every Janelle is a girl.

An estimated 53K people named Janelle are alive in the US today, with a median age of 38.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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