# Janell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janell/  
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 | 15,756 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23 / 15,733 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 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 | 88 | 2,166 |
| 2012 | 77 | 2,411 |
| 2013 | 59 | 2,880 |
| 2014 | 54 | 3,094 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,555 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,675 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,027 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,401 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,747 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,806 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,896 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,536 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,050 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4,071 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,418 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | 6,472 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,988 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,162 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,653 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## 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.