Janelle
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology.
Babies a year
617
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#801
down from #776
UK popularity
#642
60 babies · up from #686
How Janelle has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #472 |
| 2016 | #477 |
| 2017 | #502 |
| 2018 | #582 |
| 2019 | #553 |
| 2020 | #671 |
| 2021 | #666 |
| 2022 | #671 |
| 2023 | #692 |
| 2024 | #776 |
| 2025 | #801 |
In 2025, 60 babies in England and Wales were named Janelle. In the US, 617 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 1,415 in 1979.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Janelle was most common in 1980, when it went to 0.08% of American babies of that sex.
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