Janel
#1,457 most common girls' name of all time · #2,510 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1933–2025
Rank among girls
#1,457
Rank overall
#2,510 of 105,966
First appeared
1933
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
12,055
Since 2016
223
Peak year
1971 #471
Best rank
#471 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 429/yr
Janel first appears in 1933. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,082 |
| 2024 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,980 |
| 2023 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,464 |
| 2022 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,688 |
| 2021 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,431 |
| 2020 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,780 |
| 2019 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,061 |
| 2018 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,490 |
| 2017 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,406 |
| 2016 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,506 |
| 2014 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,936 |
| 2013 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,718 |
| 2012 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,233 |
| 2011 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,674 |
| 2010 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,635 |
| 2009 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,782 |
| 2008 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,671 |
| 2007 | 57 | — | 57 | #3,058 |
| 2006 | 56 | — | 56 | #3,025 |
| 2005 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,801 |
| 2004 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,246 |
| 2003 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,973 |
| 2002 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,148 |
| 2001 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,769 |
| 2000 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,811 |
| 1999 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,585 |
| 1998 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,351 |
| 1997 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,450 |
| 1996 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,135 |
| 1995 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,093 |
| 1994 | 189 | — | 189 | #980 |
| 1993 | 203 | — | 203 | #931 |
| 1992 | 223 | — | 223 | #888 |
| 1991 | 236 | — | 236 | #849 |
| 1990 | 194 | — | 194 | #967 |
| 1989 | 238 | 6 | 244 | #801 |
| 1988 | 255 | — | 255 | #735 |
| 1987 | 280 | — | 280 | #667 |
| 1986 | 231 | — | 231 | #756 |
| 1985 | 185 | — | 185 | #867 |
| 1984 | 207 | — | 207 | #780 |
| 1983 | 228 | 6 | 234 | #726 |
| 1982 | 283 | — | 283 | #636 |
| 1981 | 324 | — | 324 | #568 |
| 1980 | 397 | 5 | 402 | #509 |
| 1979 | 359 | 5 | 364 | #530 |
| 1978 | 413 | — | 413 | #475 |
| 1977 | 387 | — | 387 | #492 |
| 1976 | 346 | — | 346 | #516 |
| 1975 | 346 | — | 346 | #514 |
| 1974 | 310 | — | 310 | #547 |
| 1973 | 333 | — | 333 | #514 |
| 1972 | 357 | 5 | 362 | #496 |
| 1971 | 424 | 5 | 429 | #471 |
| 1970 | 386 | — | 386 | #509 |
| 1969 | 312 | — | 312 | #559 |
| 1968 | 252 | — | 252 | #608 |
| 1967 | 184 | — | 184 | #725 |
| 1966 | 114 | — | 114 | #952 |
| 1965 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,022 |
| 1964 | 130 | — | 130 | #918 |
| 1963 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,045 |
| 1962 | 121 | — | 121 | #972 |
| 1961 | 142 | — | 142 | #910 |
| 1960 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,027 |
| 1959 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,030 |
| 1958 | 110 | — | 110 | #993 |
| 1957 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,037 |
| 1956 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,112 |
| 1955 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,091 |
| 1954 | 102 | — | 102 | #964 |
| 1953 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,097 |
| 1952 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,035 |
| 1951 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,026 |
| 1950 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,079 |
| 1949 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,163 |
| 1948 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,234 |
| 1947 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,485 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,304 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,574 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,607 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,747 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,969 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,181 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,816 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,909 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,167 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,133 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,515 |
| 1935 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,246 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,820 |