Janelle is an established girls' name that peaked in 1979 and has grown less common since.
Janelle is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #801 for girl births in the United States (and #1,548 across all names), given to 340 babies. Janelle was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1979 (1,416 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | 340 | #801 | — |
| 2024 | 363 | 363 | #777 | — |
| 2023 | 418 | 418 | #693 | — |
| 2022 | 435 | 435 | #671 | — |
| 2021 | 448 | 448 | #663 | — |
| 2020 | 427 | 427 | #671 | — |
| 2019 | 549 | 549 | #553 | — |
| 2018 | 527 | 527 | #584 | — |
| 2017 | 628 | 628 | #499 | — |
| 2016 | 667 | 667 | #477 | — |
| 2015 | 680 | 680 | #474 | — |
| 2014 | 713 | 713 | #451 | — |
| 2013 | 777 | 777 | #397 | — |
| 2012 | 739 | 739 | #426 | — |
| 2011 | 813 | 813 | #391 | — |
| 2010 | 813 | 813 | #394 | — |
| 2009 | 781 | 781 | #405 | — |
| 2008 | 884 | 884 | #373 | — |
| 2007 | 817 | 817 | #399 | — |
| 2006 | 824 | 824 | #390 | — |
| 2005 | 576 | 576 | #517 | #12,199 |
| 2004 | 526 | 526 | #545 | — |
| 2003 | 606 | 606 | #484 | — |
| 2002 | 585 | 585 | #480 | — |
| 2001 | 588 | 588 | #473 | — |
| 2000 | 591 | 591 | #470 | — |
| 1999 | 609 | 616 | #442 | — |
| 1998 | 647 | 652 | #413 | — |
| 1997 | 654 | — | #400 | — |
| 1996 | 687 | — | #386 | — |
| 1995 | 779 | — | #339 | — |
| 1994 | 867 | — | #314 | — |
| 1993 | 980 | — | #282 | — |
| 1992 | 1,071 | — | #261 | — |
| 1991 | 1,088 | — | #257 | — |
| 1990 | 1,106 | — | #258 | — |
| 1989 | 1,193 | — | #232 | #5,351 |
| 1988 | 1,252 | — | #209 | #7,776 |
| 1987 | 1,226 | — | #216 | #5,163 |
| 1986 | 1,227 | — | #216 | #5,586 |
| 1985 | 1,365 | — | #198 | #6,989 |
| 1984 | 1,226 | — | #212 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 1,174 | — | #218 | #4,295 |
| 1982 | 1,255 | — | #213 | #4,073 |
| 1981 | 1,317 | — | #203 | — |
| 1980 | 1,402 | — | #194 | #5,183 |
| 1979 | 1,421 | — | #186 | #6,473 |
| 1978 | 1,389 | — | #186 | #6,222 |
| 1977 | 1,069 | — | #232 | — |
| 1976 | 765 | — | #302 | #5,979 |
| 1975 | 733 | — | #311 | — |
| 1974 | 634 | — | #344 | — |
| 1973 | 609 | — | #349 | — |
| 1972 | 586 | — | #370 | — |
| 1971 | 642 | — | #368 | — |
| 1970 | 606 | — | #387 | — |
| 1969 | 665 | — | #351 | — |
| 1968 | 568 | — | #384 | — |
| 1967 | 522 | — | #398 | — |
| 1966 | 473 | — | #432 | — |
| 1965 | 472 | — | #435 | — |
| 1964 | 560 | — | #413 | — |
| 1963 | 441 | — | #463 | — |
| 1962 | 451 | — | #451 | — |
| 1961 | 431 | — | #469 | — |
| 1960 | 442 | — | #465 | — |
| 1959 | 393 | — | #490 | — |
| 1958 | 407 | — | #472 | — |
| 1957 | 409 | — | #468 | — |
| 1956 | 368 | — | #486 | — |
| 1955 | 419 | — | #435 | — |
| 1954 | 376 | — | #455 | — |
| 1953 | 331 | — | #469 | — |
| 1952 | 310 | — | #476 | — |
| 1951 | 240 | — | #543 | — |
| 1950 | 275 | — | #486 | — |
| 1949 | 262 | — | #502 | — |
| 1948 | 256 | — | #514 | — |
| 1947 | 189 | — | #611 | — |
| 1946 | 131 | — | #706 | — |
| 1945 | 138 | — | #618 | — |
| 1944 | 129 | — | #653 | — |
| 1943 | 98 | — | #786 | — |
| 1942 | 102 | — | #748 | — |
| 1941 | 92 | — | #742 | — |
| 1940 | 102 | — | #688 | — |
| 1939 | 116 | — | #630 | — |
| 1938 | 122 | — | #617 | — |
| 1937 | 110 | — | #649 | — |
| 1936 | 111 | — | #629 | — |
| 1935 | 91 | — | #707 | — |
| 1934 | 78 | — | #758 | — |
| 1933 | 69 | — | #802 | — |
| 1932 | 63 | — | #886 | — |
| 1931 | 52 | — | #963 | — |
| 1930 | 45 | — | #1,106 | — |
| 1929 | 41 | — | #1,166 | — |
| 1928 | 23 | — | #1,750 | — |
| 1927 | 39 | — | #1,267 | — |
| 1926 | 51 | — | #1,049 | — |
| 1925 | 20 | — | #1,970 | — |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,695 | — |
| 1923 | 25 | — | #1,701 | — |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,224 | — |
| 1921 | 16 | — | #2,331 | — |
| 1920 | 22 | — | #1,848 | — |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,192 | — |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,907 | — |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,972 | — |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,313 | — |
| 1915 | 14 | — | #2,185 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,381 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,436 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #3,185 | — |