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.

Janella

#4,517 most common girls' name of all time · #7,685 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among girls
#4,517
Rank overall
#7,685 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
1,968
Since 2016
179
Peak year
1971 #1,620
Best rank
#1,620 1971
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
192019401960198020002020

Janella first appears in 1917. 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 11 — 11 #8,923
2024 16 — 16 #6,973
2023 11 — 11 #9,065
2022 14 — 14 #7,669
2021 16 — 16 #7,002
2020 14 — 14 #7,607
2019 32 — 32 #4,358
2018 22 — 22 #5,638
2017 19 — 19 #6,318
2016 24 — 24 #5,480
2015 25 — 25 #5,327
2014 24 — 24 #5,477
2013 26 — 26 #5,176
2012 20 — 20 #6,371
2011 21 — 21 #6,174
2010 21 — 21 #6,214
2009 10 — 10 #10,758
2008 19 — 19 #6,839
2007 11 — 11 #10,206
2006 12 — 12 #9,354
2005 8 — 8 #11,950
2004 19 — 19 #6,257
2003 7 — 7 #12,544
2002 18 — 18 #6,159
2001 13 — 13 #7,790
2000 12 — 12 #8,101
1999 12 — 12 #7,793
1998 9 — 9 #9,366
1997 21 — 21 #4,851
1996 18 — 18 #5,319
1995 11 — 11 #7,605
1994 27 — 27 #3,913
1993 11 — 11 #7,594
1992 24 — 24 #4,262
1991 36 — 36 #3,110
1990 25 — 25 #4,041
1989 19 — 19 #4,708
1988 28 — 28 #3,411
1987 31 — 31 #3,045
1986 18 — 18 #4,404
1985 20 — 20 #4,021
1984 30 — 30 #2,931
1983 20 — 20 #3,849
1982 32 — 32 #2,855
1981 34 — 34 #2,680
1980 42 — 42 #2,318
1979 43 — 43 #2,255
1978 47 — 47 #2,028
1977 32 — 32 #2,627
1976 36 — 36 #2,313
1975 39 — 39 #2,179
1974 46 — 46 #1,895
1973 35 — 35 #2,239
1972 37 — 37 #2,113
1971 58 — 58 #1,620
1970 37 — 37 #2,177
1969 24 — 24 #2,730
1968 25 — 25 #2,502
1967 16 — 16 #3,263
1966 20 — 20 #2,786
1965 8 — 8 #4,978
1964 14 — 14 #3,589
1963 14 — 14 #3,525
1962 12 — 12 #3,873
1961 24 — 24 #2,506
1960 22 — 22 #2,606
1959 21 — 21 #2,555
1958 18 — 18 #2,798
1957 23 — 23 #2,380
1956 21 — 21 #2,490
1955 22 — 22 #2,376
1954 25 — 25 #2,158
1953 22 — 22 #2,264
1952 16 — 16 #2,760
1951 27 — 27 #1,906
1950 14 — 14 #2,859
1949 14 — 14 #2,811
1948 20 — 20 #2,233
1947 17 — 17 #2,500
1946 12 — 12 #2,980
1945 12 — 12 #2,690
1944 8 — 8 #3,576
1943 10 — 10 #3,188
1942 9 — 9 #3,366
1941 12 — 12 #2,640
1940 15 — 15 #2,191
1939 8 — 8 #3,361
1938 15 — 15 #2,210
1937 11 — 11 #2,697
1936 9 — 9 #3,045
1935 11 — 11 #2,703
1934 9 — 9 #3,110
1933 5 — 5 #4,619
1932 5 — 5 #4,850
1931 9 — 9 #3,177
1929 6 — 6 #4,434
1928 6 — 6 #4,566
1927 7 — 7 #4,197
1926 6 — 6 #4,696
1923 6 — 6 #4,802
1922 5 — 5 #5,489
1920 5 — 5 #5,481
1917 5 — 5 #5,184