Janiel Boy
How popular is Janiel?
#3,127 boy name in 2025
38 baby boys were named Janiel in the US in 2025, making it the 3127th most popular boy name.
Janiel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,127 for boys (▲ 1303 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 38 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,485 in 2015, #3,731 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (52 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,402 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Janiel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Janiel family of names ranked #2,256 for boys in 2025 (#3,349 the year before), with 45 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Janiel | 38 | 84% |
| Jahniel | 7 | 16% |
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 Janiel is most popular
Babies named Janiel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Janiel by decade
Boy names about as popular as Janiel
Questions
- Is Janiel a boy or girl name?
- Janiel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Janiel were boys.
- How popular is the name Janiel?
- 38 baby boys were named Janiel in the US in 2025, making it the 3127th most popular boy name.
- When was Janiel most popular?
- Janiel peaked in 2011, when 52 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,402 in 2011.
- How many people are named Janiel?
- 1,107 babies have been named Janiel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,083 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Janiel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Janiel was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys 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.