How rare is the name Janell?

12,755 people in the United States have the first name Janell, about 1 in 23,679. It ranks #2,105 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JANELL

#2,105

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,755
About
1 in 23,679
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,755 people named Janell, 63.6% reported their origin as White, 19.7% as Black and 10.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Janell peaked in 1979, when 421 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
421
In 2025*
18 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,756 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Janell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,067. The largest share of babies named Janell, 28.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#6,79235
1920s#2,691296
1930s#1,645601
1940s#1,3831,031
1950s#1,1562,034
1960s#1,1002,537
1970s#1,0672,857
1980s#1,1912,769
1990s#1,8731,732
2000s#3,0421,133
2010s#5,162569
2020s#8,470162
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–457.5%
Baby boom 1946–6424.2%
Generation X 1965–8028.4%
Millennials 1981–9623.7%
Generation Z 1997–1211.5%
2013 and later3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Janell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Janell has been most common in North Dakota (3.3×), Kansas (3×), and Louisiana (2.7×), and least common in North Carolina (0.12×).

11,472 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Janell

#2,103 Mustafa · 12,765#2,104 Zara · 12,764#2,106 Scotty · 12,750#2,107 Brynlee · 12,747

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Janell, most common first.

#918 Janelle · 48,979#2,311 Janel · 11,109#8,409 Janelly · 1,725#8,635 Janella · 1,671#8,871 Janely · 1,606#8,979 Jamell · 1,582#14,727 Jannell · 795#23,902 Janeal · 407

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