Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Janell

#1,218 most common girls' name of all time · #2,145 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among girls
#1,218
Rank overall
#2,145 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
15,756
Since 2016
313
Peak year
1979 #490
Best rank
#490 1979
Girls Boys peak 421/yr
192019401960198020002020

Janell first appears in 1914. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 18 — 18 #6,352
2024 36 — 36 #4,045
2023 20 — 20 #5,991
2022 23 — 23 #5,497
2021 27 — 27 #4,855
2020 38 — 38 #3,788
2019 40 — 40 #3,731
2018 32 — 32 #4,376
2017 37 — 37 #4,010
2016 42 — 42 #3,659
2015 44 — 44 #3,546
2014 54 — 54 #3,087
2013 59 — 59 #2,876
2012 77 — 77 #2,405
2011 88 — 88 #2,160
2010 96 — 96 #2,062
2009 131 — 131 #1,695
2008 123 — 123 #1,787
2007 119 — 119 #1,797
2006 117 — 117 #1,773
2005 85 — 85 #2,164
2004 120 — 120 #1,618
2003 94 5 99 #1,930
2002 111 — 111 #1,660
2001 102 — 102 #1,755
2000 126 — 126 #1,464
1999 123 — 123 #1,425
1998 149 — 149 #1,226
1997 147 — 147 #1,220
1996 145 — 145 #1,220
1995 147 — 147 #1,170
1994 191 — 191 #973
1993 185 — 185 #1,002
1992 216 — 216 #906
1991 202 — 202 #944
1990 227 — 227 #865
1989 216 — 216 #861
1988 241 — 241 #782
1987 245 8 253 #740
1986 242 — 242 #735
1985 260 5 265 #687
1984 288 — 288 #619
1983 286 — 286 #612
1982 308 — 308 #591
1981 330 — 330 #563
1980 340 — 340 #547
1979 416 5 421 #490
1978 334 — 334 #537
1977 267 — 267 #629
1976 293 — 293 #567
1975 298 — 298 #562
1974 209 — 209 #702
1973 258 — 258 #605
1972 223 — 223 #671
1971 280 — 280 #610
1970 274 — 274 #622
1969 258 — 258 #619
1968 261 — 261 #595
1967 236 — 236 #617
1966 233 — 233 #624
1965 286 — 286 #563
1964 259 — 259 #636
1963 213 — 213 #693
1962 282 — 282 #591
1961 275 — 275 #613
1960 234 — 234 #665
1959 218 — 218 #680
1958 216 — 216 #674
1957 239 — 239 #630
1956 215 — 215 #654
1955 199 — 199 #663
1954 263 — 263 #548
1953 200 — 200 #630
1952 179 — 179 #663
1951 147 — 147 #721
1950 158 — 158 #677
1949 168 — 168 #642
1948 97 — 97 #881
1947 140 — 140 #720
1946 112 — 112 #779
1945 80 — 80 #846
1944 93 — 93 #796
1943 103 — 103 #766
1942 78 — 78 #881
1941 77 — 77 #828
1940 83 — 83 #779
1939 79 — 79 #771
1938 79 — 79 #797
1937 74 — 74 #803
1936 88 — 88 #716
1935 70 — 70 #821
1934 59 — 59 #893
1933 48 — 48 #1,007
1932 48 — 48 #1,031
1931 26 — 26 #1,497
1930 30 — 30 #1,431
1929 35 — 35 #1,279
1928 27 — 27 #1,585
1927 48 — 48 #1,107
1926 92 — 92 #756
1925 23 — 23 #1,842
1924 16 — 16 #2,399
1923 12 — 12 #2,878
1922 9 — 9 #3,578
1921 16 — 16 #2,366
1920 18 — 18 #2,166
1919 8 — 8 #3,726
1918 9 — 9 #3,462
1917 6 — 6 #4,387
1916 7 — 7 #3,826
1914 5 — 5 #4,094