How Many People Are Named Janel?
people named Janel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 30,492 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,055 babies named Janel in Social Security records from 1933 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
429 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JANELLE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Janel in English. Counting Janel and these spellings together, about 71,117 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Janel (99.7%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Janel alive today is about 45 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 54 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Janel first appears in the records in 1933 and was given most often in 1971, to 429 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1933 to 2025
π Rank History
Janel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #470, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #11,326.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,326 |
| Best rank | #470 (1971) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #509 in the 1970s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Janel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Janel were born in California than in any other state: about 1,471 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Janel was given 5.8 times as often in North Dakota, 3 times in Minnesota and 2.8 times in Hawaii.
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