Janella is a rare variant of Janelle that peaked in 1971 and has since faded.
Janella is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,119 for girl births in the United States (and #15,504 across all names), given to 11 babies. Janella was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1971 (58 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | #9,119 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | #7,066 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | #9,261 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #7,794 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | #7,081 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #7,727 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | #4,387 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 | #5,678 |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | #6,388 |
| 2016 | 24 | 24 | #5,522 |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 | #5,364 |
| 2014 | 24 | 24 | #5,538 |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | #5,202 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | #6,446 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | #6,228 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #6,265 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | #10,999 |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | #6,915 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #10,412 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | #9,545 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,303 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,335 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #12,991 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #6,246 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #7,926 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,235 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #7,918 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | #9,607 |
| 1997 | 21 | — | #4,902 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #5,378 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #7,731 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | #3,936 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #7,726 |
| 1992 | 24 | — | #4,291 |
| 1991 | 36 | — | #3,116 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | #4,053 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #4,737 |
| 1988 | 28 | — | #3,426 |
| 1987 | 31 | — | #3,053 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #4,425 |
| 1985 | 20 | — | #4,032 |
| 1984 | 30 | — | #2,946 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | #3,864 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | #2,860 |
| 1981 | 34 | — | #2,677 |
| 1980 | 42 | — | #2,321 |
| 1979 | 43 | — | #2,254 |
| 1978 | 47 | — | #2,023 |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #2,631 |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #2,312 |
| 1975 | 39 | — | #2,178 |
| 1974 | 46 | — | #1,890 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #2,240 |
| 1972 | 37 | — | #2,110 |
| 1971 | 58 | — | #1,616 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | #2,179 |
| 1969 | 24 | — | #2,729 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #2,503 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #3,251 |
| 1966 | 20 | — | #2,794 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #5,001 |
| 1964 | 14 | — | #3,581 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #3,518 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #3,883 |
| 1961 | 24 | — | #2,495 |
| 1960 | 22 | — | #2,604 |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #2,543 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #2,798 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | #2,377 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | #2,489 |
| 1955 | 22 | — | #2,365 |
| 1954 | 25 | — | #2,141 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,261 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #2,724 |
| 1951 | 27 | — | #1,902 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,828 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | #2,782 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #2,214 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | #2,488 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | #2,946 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,657 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,512 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #3,137 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | #3,296 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,590 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | #2,149 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,274 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #2,163 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,620 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,965 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,640 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #3,027 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,515 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,708 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #3,086 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,309 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #4,425 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #4,052 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,548 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,656 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,372 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,331 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,926 |