Janelle
#545 most common girls' name of all time · #1,017 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among girls
#545
Rank overall
#1,017 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
56,967
Since 2016
4,802
Peak year
1979 #186
Best rank
#186 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 1,421/yr
Janelle first appears in 1912. 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 | 340 | — | 340 | #800 |
| 2024 | 363 | — | 363 | #776 |
| 2023 | 418 | — | 418 | #692 |
| 2022 | 435 | — | 435 | #671 |
| 2021 | 448 | — | 448 | #663 |
| 2020 | 427 | — | 427 | #671 |
| 2019 | 549 | — | 549 | #553 |
| 2018 | 527 | — | 527 | #583 |
| 2017 | 628 | — | 628 | #501 |
| 2016 | 667 | — | 667 | #477 |
| 2015 | 680 | — | 680 | #473 |
| 2014 | 713 | — | 713 | #450 |
| 2013 | 777 | — | 777 | #397 |
| 2012 | 739 | — | 739 | #426 |
| 2011 | 813 | — | 813 | #391 |
| 2010 | 813 | — | 813 | #393 |
| 2009 | 781 | — | 781 | #405 |
| 2008 | 884 | — | 884 | #372 |
| 2007 | 817 | — | 817 | #399 |
| 2006 | 824 | — | 824 | #390 |
| 2005 | 571 | 5 | 576 | #517 |
| 2004 | 526 | — | 526 | #545 |
| 2003 | 606 | — | 606 | #484 |
| 2002 | 585 | — | 585 | #480 |
| 2001 | 588 | — | 588 | #472 |
| 2000 | 591 | — | 591 | #470 |
| 1999 | 609 | — | 609 | #442 |
| 1998 | 647 | — | 647 | #413 |
| 1997 | 654 | — | 654 | #400 |
| 1996 | 687 | — | 687 | #386 |
| 1995 | 779 | — | 779 | #339 |
| 1994 | 867 | — | 867 | #314 |
| 1993 | 980 | — | 980 | #282 |
| 1992 | 1,071 | — | 1,071 | #261 |
| 1991 | 1,088 | — | 1,088 | #257 |
| 1990 | 1,106 | — | 1,106 | #257 |
| 1989 | 1,184 | 9 | 1,193 | #232 |
| 1988 | 1,247 | 5 | 1,252 | #209 |
| 1987 | 1,218 | 8 | 1,226 | #216 |
| 1986 | 1,220 | 7 | 1,227 | #216 |
| 1985 | 1,360 | 5 | 1,365 | #198 |
| 1984 | 1,220 | 6 | 1,226 | #212 |
| 1983 | 1,165 | 9 | 1,174 | #218 |
| 1982 | 1,245 | 10 | 1,255 | #213 |
| 1981 | 1,317 | — | 1,317 | #203 |
| 1980 | 1,395 | 7 | 1,402 | #194 |
| 1979 | 1,416 | 5 | 1,421 | #186 |
| 1978 | 1,384 | 5 | 1,389 | #186 |
| 1977 | 1,069 | — | 1,069 | #232 |
| 1976 | 760 | 5 | 765 | #302 |
| 1975 | 733 | — | 733 | #310 |
| 1974 | 634 | — | 634 | #344 |
| 1973 | 609 | — | 609 | #350 |
| 1972 | 586 | — | 586 | #370 |
| 1971 | 642 | — | 642 | #368 |
| 1970 | 606 | — | 606 | #387 |
| 1969 | 665 | — | 665 | #351 |
| 1968 | 568 | — | 568 | #384 |
| 1967 | 522 | — | 522 | #399 |
| 1966 | 473 | — | 473 | #432 |
| 1965 | 472 | — | 472 | #435 |
| 1964 | 560 | — | 560 | #413 |
| 1963 | 441 | — | 441 | #463 |
| 1962 | 451 | — | 451 | #452 |
| 1961 | 431 | — | 431 | #469 |
| 1960 | 442 | — | 442 | #465 |
| 1959 | 393 | — | 393 | #490 |
| 1958 | 407 | — | 407 | #473 |
| 1957 | 409 | — | 409 | #468 |
| 1956 | 368 | — | 368 | #486 |
| 1955 | 419 | — | 419 | #436 |
| 1954 | 376 | — | 376 | #455 |
| 1953 | 331 | — | 331 | #469 |
| 1952 | 310 | — | 310 | #476 |
| 1951 | 240 | — | 240 | #543 |
| 1950 | 275 | — | 275 | #487 |
| 1949 | 262 | — | 262 | #502 |
| 1948 | 256 | — | 256 | #514 |
| 1947 | 189 | — | 189 | #611 |
| 1946 | 131 | — | 131 | #706 |
| 1945 | 138 | — | 138 | #620 |
| 1944 | 129 | — | 129 | #654 |
| 1943 | 98 | — | 98 | #787 |
| 1942 | 102 | — | 102 | #751 |
| 1941 | 92 | — | 92 | #747 |
| 1940 | 102 | — | 102 | #691 |
| 1939 | 116 | — | 116 | #632 |
| 1938 | 122 | — | 122 | #617 |
| 1937 | 110 | — | 110 | #651 |
| 1936 | 111 | — | 111 | #630 |
| 1935 | 91 | — | 91 | #707 |
| 1934 | 78 | — | 78 | #763 |
| 1933 | 69 | — | 69 | #806 |
| 1932 | 63 | — | 63 | #889 |
| 1931 | 52 | — | 52 | #968 |
| 1930 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,115 |
| 1929 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,173 |
| 1928 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,777 |
| 1927 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,277 |
| 1926 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,053 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,000 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,716 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,732 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,361 |
| 1920 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,877 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,254 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,983 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,052 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,357 |
| 1915 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,248 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,472 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,524 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,364 |