Janel Girl
How popular is Janel?
#10,913 girl name in 2025
8 baby girls were named Janel in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
Janel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #10,913 for girls (▼ 3985 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,487 in 2015, #4,755 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1971 (424 girls) |
| Highest rank | #470 in 1971 |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janel 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 Janel is most popular
Babies named Janel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (9 girls)
Janel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 80 | #1,356 |
| 1940s | 244 | #1,153 |
| 1950s | 913 | #957 |
| 1960s | 1,576 | #559 |
| 1970s | 3,661 | #470 |
| 1980s | 2,628 | #507 |
| 1990s | 1,718 | #845 |
| 2000s | 750 | #1,762 |
| 2010s | 347 | #3,623 |
| 2020s | 106 | #4,755 |
Girl names about as popular as Janel
Questions
- Is Janel a boy or girl name?
- Janel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janel were girls.
- How popular is the name Janel?
- 8 baby girls were named Janel in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
- When was Janel most popular?
- Janel peaked in 1971, when 424 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #470 in 1971.
- How many people are named Janel?
- 12,055 babies have been named Janel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,281 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Janel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janel was most common in California, at 0.0 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.