Janel
Janel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. Its best rank was 470th, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1971424 births
- Best rank
- #470in 1971
- Since 1933
- 12,015people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,015 girls have been named Janel in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 424 births.
The name has all but left use: 16 births in 2024, against 424 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 30%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Janel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 80 | |
| 1940s | 244 | |
| 1950s | 913 | |
| 1960s | 1,576 | |
| 1970s | 3,661 | |
| 1980s | 2,628 | |
| 1990s | 1,718 | |
| 2000s | 750 | |
| 2010s | 347 | |
| 2020s | 98 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Janel was the 470th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Janel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nikipeak 1972
- Demetriapeak 1974
- Stepheniepeak 1974
- Jeniferpeak 1974
- Meridithpeak 1971
- Christalpeak 1978
- Melainepeak 1980
- Katrenapeak 1972
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.