# Janel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,055 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32 / 12,023 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 3,688 |
| 2012 | 35 | 4,247 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,737 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,956 |
| 2015 | 31 | 4,532 |
| 2016 | 36 | 4,123 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,434 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,526 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,090 |
| 2020 | 27 | 4,810 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,467 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,793 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,519 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,065 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,330 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 5,249 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,304 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,471 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,673 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,795 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,374 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Janel

- Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
- Janel Moloney, American actress (b. 1969)
- Janel McCarville, American basketball player (born 1982)
- Janel Jorgensen, American swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.