Janiel*
#4,511 most common boys' name of all time · #11,087 across all names · 81% male / 19% female · used 1940–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,511
Rank overall
#11,087 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,107
Since 2016
314
Peak year
2013 #2,475
Best rank
#2,413 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Janiel first appears in 1940. 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 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,144 |
| 2024 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,458 |
| 2023 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,134 |
| 2022 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,473 |
| 2021 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,765 |
| 2020 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,754 |
| 2019 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,370 |
| 2018 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,065 |
| 2017 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,900 |
| 2016 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,306 |
| 2015 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,504 |
| 2014 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,522 |
| 2013 | 6 | 50 | 56 | #2,475 |
| 2012 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,413 |
| 2010 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,753 |
| 2009 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,501 |
| 2008 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 2007 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,277 |
| 2006 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #3,715 |
| 2005 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,970 |
| 2004 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,896 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,082 |
| 2001 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #5,449 |
| 2000 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,440 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,196 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,994 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,442 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,546 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,013 |
| 1992 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #8,733 |
| 1991 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #7,515 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1989 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #8,229 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1985 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1978 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | — |