The first name Janelle

In 2025, 60 girls were named Janelle, making it the 642nd most popular girls’ name.

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Janelle with other names.

In 2025, 340 girls born in the United States were named Janelle, the 801st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1979, when 1,416 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Janelle Monáe
  American singer and actress (born 1985)
• Janelle James
  American comedian, born 1979
• Janelle Salaün
  French basketball player (born 2001)
• Janelle Bynum
  American politician (born 1975)
• Janelle Parks
  American bicycle racer, born 1962
• Julia Letlow
  American politician and academic administrator (born 1981)

What does the name Janelle mean?

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.

How popular is the name Janelle?

In 2025, 60 girls born in England and Wales were named Janelle, ranking 642nd.

Is Janelle a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 56,967 US babies named Janelle since 1880 were girls.

When was Janelle most popular?

1979 in the United States, when 1,416 babies were named Janelle, its highest rank at 186th.

What are other spellings of Janelle?

Janel and Jenelle.

Is Janelle also a surname?

Yes. Janelle is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.