# Janelle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janelle/  
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 | Janel, Jenelle |
| US babies named this | 56,967 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 86 / 56,881 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 817, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jane + -elle, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

## 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 | 813 | 391 |
| 2012 | 739 | 426 |
| 2013 | 777 | 397 |
| 2014 | 713 | 451 |
| 2015 | 680 | 474 |
| 2016 | 667 | 477 |
| 2017 | 628 | 499 |
| 2018 | 527 | 584 |
| 2019 | 549 | 553 |
| 2020 | 427 | 671 |
| 2021 | 448 | 663 |
| 2022 | 435 | 671 |
| 2023 | 418 | 693 |
| 2024 | 363 | 777 |
| 2025 | 340 | 801 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 5,979 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,222 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,473 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,183 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,073 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,295 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,898 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,989 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,586 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,163 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,776 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,351 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,199 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,269 |
| 2012 | 34 | 1,037 |
| 2013 | 45 | 839 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2016 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,224 |
| 2022 | 37 | 940 |
| 2023 | 35 | 981 |
| 2024 | 55 | 686 |
| 2025 | 60 | 642 |

## People named Janelle

- Janelle Monáe, American singer and actress (born 1985)
- Janelle James, American comedian
- Janelle Salaün, French basketball player (born 2001)
- Janelle Bynum, American politician (born 1975)
- Janelle Parks, American bicycle racer
- Julia Letlow, American politician and academic administrator (born 1981)

## 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.